Absently, he picked up a gayish tie that was laid…

Absently, he picked up a gayish tie that was laid out beside a heavy silk shirt. ‘Charvet’ said the label. Where had he read of Charvet?

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Ngaio Marsh, Killer Dolphin (1998), p.25

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