The January Adventure

by Ad Absurdum

A bit of an exercise in writing. Ten drabble-ish chapters and something akin to an actual investigation.

6. Chapter 6

6. Bigmouth Strikes Again

'The bigmouth strikes again,' Harker sighed to himself. He sat at one of the club's windows, amusing himself with observations of the regular visitors. At the neighbouring sofa, Sir Bertram started his usual monologue about his enormous luck at cards and the phenomenal sums he won.

At that same moment Harker saw John Grayson walking towards him.

'Mr Harker, I came to repay my debt. Here are the three hundred pounds I owed you.'

'But, dear boy, there was no hurry...'

'No. You are the last gentleman to whom I owed any money. I do not want to be in debt for longer than it's absolutely necessary. Goodbye.' He bowed and left.

Harker looked at the money and began pondering from where Grayson took this much in such a short time.