Stamp Collector

Part Two - The Great Philip Ferrari de La Renotière

he grey London afternoon faded into a misty evening shadow. Noella bumped along a crowded cobbled street in a cab that rocked rhythmically in step with its horse. She was in an elated mood. Only that morning she’d left her tranquil life in Yorkshire where her job prospects amounted to domestic chores, to realising her dream and becoming a reporter for a leading newspaper. Now she travelled through the bustling City to interview a solicitor named Donald Garth and begin her investigation into the stamp forgers.

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