Friday, February 01, 2008

Book meme

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

Well, 123 is the end of the chapter, so this is from 124:

[5] In the reception office, which had obviously been part of a larger, finely proportioned front room, a fresh-faced girl looked up from her magazine and greeted Dalgliesh in a pleasant Norfolk accent.
[6] "Commander Dalgliesh, isn't it? [7] Mr Perronet is expecting you. [8] He said to ask you to go straight up. [...]"

From Death in Holy Orders, a mystery by P.D. James

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