 Who's Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery, by Dorothy L. Sayers, narrated by David Case. CHAPTER ONE Oh, damn! said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus. Hi, driver! The taxi man irritated at receiving this appeal while negotiating the intricacies of turning into Lower Regent Street, across the route of a 19-bus, a 38B, and a bicycle, bent an unwilling ear. I've left the catalogue behind, said Lord Peter deprecatingly, and commonly careless on me, do you mind putting back to where we came from? To the Savile Club, sir. And no, a one hundred and ten Piccadilly, just beyond. Thank you. Thought you was in a hurry, said the man, overcome with a sense of injury. I'm afraid it's an awkward blaze to turn in, said Lord Peter, answering the thought rather than the words. His long, amiable face looked as if it had generated spontaneously from his top hat, as white maggots breed from gorgonzola. The taxi, under the severe eye of a policeman, revolved by slow jerks, with a noise like the grinding of teeth. The block of new, perfect, and expensive flats in which Lord Peter dwelt upon the second floor, stood directly opposite the Green Park, in a spot for many years occupied by the skeleton of a frustrated commercial enterprise. As Lord Peter led himself in, he heard his man's voice in the library, uplifted in that throttled stridentcy peculiar to well-trained persons using the telephone. I believe that's his lordship just coming in again, if your grace would kindly hold the line a moment. What is it, Bunter? Her grace has just called up from Denver, my lord. I was just saying your lordship had gone to the sale when I heard your lordship's latchkey. Thanks! said Lord Peter, and you might find me my catalogue, would you? I think I must have left it in my bedroom or on the desk. He sat down to the telephone with an air of leisurely courtesy, as though it were an acquaintance dropped in for a chat. Hello, mother! Not you! Oh, there you are, dear! replied the voice of the Dyerger Duchess. I was afraid I had just missed you. Well, you had, as a matter of fact. I had just started off to Brocklebury's sale to pick up a book or two, but I had to come back for the catalogue. What's up? Such a quaint thing! said the Duchess. I thought I'd tell you. Are you no little Mr. Thibbs? Thibbs! said Lord Peter. Thibbs! Oh, yes! the little architect man who's doing the church roof. Yes? What about him? Mrs. Throgmorton's just been in quite a state of mind. Sorry, mother, I can't hear. Mrs. Who? Throgmorton. Throgmorton, the vicar's wife. Oh, Throgmorton, yes. Mr. Thibbs. Sample complete. Ready to continue?