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The Super had Lea&039;s thick folder

&039;Student?&039; she asked

Bellaver snorted &039;Not our Ti of mickey mouse jobs, off the books No PAYE for Ti instructor, holiday camp pop performer, it says here Not in any hit parade I know If they needed a picture of a long-haired layabout for an encyclopedia, Tih the sitting&039;

&039;Anything violent?&039;

&039;Not hie cheese Strictly rubbish cririn Tried being a drug dealer, but hasn&039;t the head for suood at arithold star when it comes to settle-up tiirl Lord kno he&039;ll get by without Carol to bring in the readies&039;

Ti to her She wasn&039;t fooled by his pose The lad was scared to his bones

&039;Let&039;s have a chat with the specimen, shall we?&039; Bellaver proposed

Bellaver held the door open for her

At the sight of Kate, Tilanced over her shoulder, into thewhat she was now

&039;Relax, Timothy,&039; said Bellaver &039;You&039;re not here to be bitten This is Miss Katharine Reed She is a civilian observer Not a policewo than usual

Sergeant Dixon ca of tea and a plate of custard creams Bellaver confiscated them at once and sat opposite Lea

&039;If it&039;s about those pills I sold that geezer in the Winchester,&039; the youth blurted, &039;they were Trebor le&039;

&039;A hilarious prank, I&039; a biscuit &039;But of no present interest You are well acquainted, as they say in the papers, with a Miss Carol Thatcher&039;

&039;What about Carol?&039;

No one had told hi Timmy Lea wasn&039;t a vampire, so he wasn&039;t a suspect

And he didn&039;t even know the girl was dead

&039;You and Carol cao,&039; said Bellaver, reading from the file &039;From somewhere called Oakham Her dad&039;s a et a cut rate Since then, she&039;s been a busy little tart Madefriends Businessmen, actors, politicians, oil sheiks Wad of fivers in an envelope, shoved into your hot little hand while she earns it on her back? She&039;s "encies Names well known to the Vice Squad Still, what&039;s a few mucky pictures between friends, eh? You put her in blue films Sixth Form Girls in Chains The Science of Sex Bathtime with Brenda Can&039;t say I&039;ve seen those at the Essoldo, but ht Half a Sixpence was s nicely with your pet scrubber, weren&039;t you?&039;

Lea said nothing, but fairly eloquently Bellaver shut the file

&039;That&039;s in the dih I suppose we could bung the file over to Obscene Publications for a larf No, we&039;re interested in the last few hours Would you be aware of Miss Thatcher&039;s movements over the weekend?&039;

Now, Ti He looked at Bellaver, at her, at the mirror

&039;Where&039;s Carol? What&039;s happened?&039;

Now, he knew

&039;Do you recall who Miss Thatcher was - ahem - with between the hours of two o&039;clock thisand sun-up? Come on, lad, you must keep a diary Little black book of names and times and places? Standard business practice in your line&039;

Timmy was bled-white pale

&039;Carol went on froht,&039; he said &039;It was a scene, ?&039;

&039;I don&039;t speak Raver Do I need to get a translator in? Katie, have you the foggiest what Mr Lea means?&039;

&039;Who was Carol hen you saw her last?&039; she asked

Damn Bellaver hadincluded in this It ht yield results, but she was uncomfortable with cruelty

&039;A crowd, you know,&039; Timmy said, relieved to talk with someone - anyone - asn&039;t a policeht conceivably take his side &039;People, you know That photographer bloke? Sorapher?&039; said Bellaver &039;Presumably, he has a name&039;

Timmy was distracted He would soon ask questions himself, but now he had to concentrate He can&039;t have had ht Dope, too If it was a scene, not a thing

&039;Nolan,&039; he said &039;Thomas Nolan&039;