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George Penfold kicked off his shoes and undid his tie. He poured himself a Scotch from the minibar and added ice from a dewy bucket.
He switched on the television remote and surfed through a few channels. The Melrose Arch Hotel didn’t have a satellite adult channel, but one of the five complimentary DVDs in the drawer under the screen was an adult movie. George had wanted to bed Jane again but she had begged off with a headache. He wondered if there was more than pain on her mind.
He took the disc from the drawer and spun it on his little finger, deciding whether or not to watch it. After a commercial break the local news, in English, resumed. The Indian South African’s diction was precise and cultured.
‘Police have today released descriptions of four men masquerading as Eskom worke
