Miss Marple: Really Listening

[smallhobbit]

Title: Really Listening
Fandom: Miss Marple
Rating: G

 

“Oh no,” Miss Marple said, with a vigorous shake of her head, “there was always something slightly odd between the two of them from the beginning.  I suppose, using modern parlance, you would say the chemistry was wrong.  Although they claimed they had never met before, they made several slips.

“But I listened to their conversation,” Inspector Slack protested, “and I didn’t hear anything.”

“It wasn’t what they said, but the way they said it.  It was as if they had anticipated the answer the other would give, which, of course, would have been impossible if they hadn’t met before.”

 

Comments

[misbegotten]

Very clever!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Nice. A subtle clue/observation!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. The sort of thing Miss Marple would notice.

[fred_mouse]

Oh, very nice characterisation.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.