CHAPTER THREESir John then went back to the hotel where he was staying, feeling as if the whole world had fallen apart and that he was staring into a long darkness that he could not decipher.
He could scarcely believe that what had happened had not been part of a dream.
At the same time his brain told him that this was a situation that he must force himself to comprehend.
He knew, as Gavron Murillo was so important, that once it was announced that he was dead, a great number of people in Paris would wish to attend his funeral.
Although they would not be able to arrive in time for the funeral, there would be an enormous reaction to the news in Thailand.
What was more there would be much questioning as to where his relations were and who should be informed of his death.
In the years in
