A Study in GraysChapter 12
As soon as the autumnal sun penetrated the shutters, beams of sunlight drifted across the closed eyelids of Josette, Marianne and Stephen. We must assume that they also shone in the eyes of Jean-Claude as he was the first up and to complete his daily ablutions. By 7.30am he had had a light breakfast and was cycling towards the house and its attached gite. Marianne, woke both Josette and Stephen and they prepared for the day conspiratorially. They used stage whispers to try to avoid waking...