The Book of Blood Volume 2 New Murder in the Rue Morgue Part 2

The Book of Blood Volume 2 New Murder in the Rue Morgue Part 2

“I don’t care, Lewis. You must look after Catherine now. I read about the exhibition —” He almost smiled. “— Wonderful for you. We always said, didn’t we? before the war, you’d be the one to be famous, I’d be —” The smile had gone. “— notorious. They say terrible things about me now, in the newspapers. An old man going with young girls, you see, that doesn’t make me very wholesome. They probably think I lost my temper because I couldn’t perform with her. That’s what they think, I’m certain.” He lost his way, halted, began again. “You must look after Catherine. She’s got money, but no friends. She’s too cool, you see. Too hurt inside; and that makes people wary of her. You have to stay with her.” “I shall.” “I know. I know. That’s why I feel happy, really, to just…” “No, Phillipe.” “Just die. There’s nothing left for us, Lewis. The world’s too hard.” Lewis thought of the snow, and the ice-floes, and saw the sense in dying. The officer in charge of the investigation was less than helpful, though …