“He was quite … well, he was immaculate in his ways and in his appearance. He liked to impress the ladies.” Hammersmith allowed himself a wistful smile at the thought of all the disappointed women who would never again receive a compliment from Colin Pringle. Some of them, Maggie especially, deserved an explanation. Hammersmith could see that the days ahead would be busy. He would need to track down and inform Pringle’s friends—the friends that Hammersmith knew about—that their social circle had been diminished.
