It's a sign of the times that Rumpole Of The Bailey is resident in a Sussex nursing home in one of Sir John Mortimer's latest stories about the celebrated barrister.
But regular readers need not fear this means the crusty character will soon be performing in the great courtroom in the sky.
Rumpole is like many older people who arrive in Sussex to die and then forget what they came here for.
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