She soon learns that a Kolley Kibber man has been killed. He decides to woo her in order to keep her from talking to the cops.Ī few days pass, and Ida pays a visit to Henekey’s, her favorite pub. There he meets Rose, a plain and timid waitress who says she found the card. Pinkie decides to return to the restaurant himself. Pinkie worries that Spicer might have been seen when placing a card under a restaurant tablecloth, thereby leaving them vulnerable to discovery. Eventually, Spicer, Cubitt, and Dallow all join Pinkie in a café on the pier, informing him that Hale is dead and the remaining Kolley Kibber cards have been placed around town in such a way to throw the authorities off their trail. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old tough-guy Pinkie Brown is killing time, waiting for the members of his gang to show up and tell him that their job is done. Hale begs her to stay with him, but Ida, confusing his desperation for ardor, promises to be right back. The two share a cab ride and a kiss, after which Ida insists on ducking into a ladies’ restroom for a wash. At a bar, he runs into the curvy and flirtatious Ida Arnold. His only hope for survival lies in securing company for the day. Hale, in Brighton as part of his newspaper’s “Kolley Kibber man” promotion, knows that Pinkie and his gang are after him for a story he wrote about Kite, the gang’s now deceased former leader. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene begins with the news reporter Charles Hale drinking alone in Brighton on a tourist-choked holiday weekend.
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