<Y 1958>
<A I. FLEMING>
<T Dr. No(1977)>
<C i>
<P 9>
HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR
Punctually at six o'clock the sun set with a last
yellow flash behind the Blue Mountains, a wave of
violet shadow poured down Richmond Road, and
the crickets and tree frogs in the fine gardens began to
zing and tinkle.
@Apart from the background noise of the insects, the wide
empty street was quiet. The wealthy owners of the big,
withdrawn houses -- the bank managers, company direc+
tors and top civil servants -- had been home since five
o'clock and they would be discussing the day with their
wives or taking a shower and changing their clothes. In
half an hour the street would come to life again with the
cocktail traffic, but now this very superior half-mile of
"Rich Road", as it was known to the tradesmen of Kingston,
held nothing but the suspense of an empty stage and the
heavy perfume of night-scented jasmine.
@Richmond Road is the "best" road in all Jamaica. It is
Jamaica's Park Avenue, its Kensington Pal . . .
