Those Who Walk Away - Patricia Highsmith

Coleman let the scarf drop from a corner, as they went through the hotel´s door, looked at it, and said, "Just like Peggy. Thank you."

 

Comparing a dead woman to a scarf ... I´m sorry, but this gives me the creeps. And both Ray and Ed are doing this, which make them both seem not right in the head. 

 

And as per usual with a Highsmith, there is a lot of this going on:

 

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Cheers!