Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by A Few More Pages.
Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence,
or two, of your current read, making sure that you include
the title and author so others know what you're reading.
In the drowsy heat of the summer afternoon the Red House was taking its siesta. There was a lazy murmur of bees in the flower borders, a gentle cooing of pigeons in the tops of the elms.
The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice. Check out the rules and join in the fun.Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog. Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
"Now then," he said, "let's go through Cayley's mind carefully, and see what we get."
Cayley had been in the hall when Robert was shown into the office. The servant goes off to look for Mark, and Cayley goes on with his book.
How fun and random is it that A. A. Milne (author of Winnie the Pooh) wrote a murder mystery? I learned about it from Bev and thought I'd better pick it up. It was fun -- very stereotypical British murder mystery.
