AN HONORABLE ESTATE

The dustjacket is quite scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps.--- HERE'S THE FIRST FEW SENTENCES --- --- In her fuzzy blue dressing gown, Ruth Fortescue stood at the hall archway looking into the living room. She was not a nervous woman, her gaze did not dart about restlessly, itemizing; rather she confronted the room with a blank, comprehensive stare, waiting for her attention to be caught by some cushion inadequately plumped up or an ashtray despoiled by a thoughtless masculine cigarette stub.