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Soht of Lorne getting out of his car just behind the scene-of-crime van

‘Bad news travels fast,’ he said speculatively as Lorne approached him at more brusque a pace than arranted by the present circumstances

‘You don’t know the half of it,’ Lorne said in a low voice, leading hiot so into about the Skinner ht him up to speed

‘I take it you’ve decided what to do, then?’

‘I had, but this cockup rather changes things’

Garth winced, but said, ‘Look, for reasons si on my own I don’t kno this fellow fits in, but he’s been stalking our investigation of the Skinner ot wind of it’

‘What if he is press, Garth? Or a member of Security Services? We’ll have a helluva ti this!’

‘He’s neither, I’ he felt the confidence he was trying to portray ‘The car’s a rental, there’s no identification on the body, and he’s wearing a bloody cannon in a shoulder-holster, make unknown I’d lay odds that the rental company records show a shifty transaction or fake identification’