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DAVID NOBBS
The Fall and Rise of Gordon Coppinger
For Briget, Mark and Max
Table of Contents
The suspicions that would overwhelm him
It was going to be one of those days
‘I really have shocked myself’
Can we be absolutely certain that they can’t lip-read?
We never said a word about Jack
The evening ended, as it had begun, in silence
A great deal nearer than the Solway Firth
Perhaps we have intruded enough
Staring at himself with astonishment
Not such a useless lump of a nun after all
That didn’t make Sir Gordon happy at all
He might yet be able to save his fortune
‘Siobhan,’ said Sir Gordon, ‘you’re a genius.’
He would need a long, hot bath
‘I do not listen to your calls. Ever.’
What the letters SFN actually stood for
A thing that they had never done before
‘I can’t afford to get rid of him’
He didn’t think that problem would be any easier
A plan was beginning to take shape
