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“Thank God for that,” said Seb, cli back into his car

“Just a moment, sir, we’re not quite finished We still have a couple of forms to fill in Your name, please, sir?”

“But I’ his words the moment he’d said them

“We’d gathered that, sir”

“Sebastian Clifton”

“Home address?”

When the officer had finally filled in the answer to the last question, he handed Seb a speeding ticket, saluted, and said, “Have a good day, sir, and please drive more carefully in the future”

Sebastian glanced desperately at the little clock on the dashboard, but it faithfully recorded the correct ti the boardthat the election of a new deputy chairenda

Lady Virginia took her ti Sir Edhat really happened on the first e

“Fascinating,” he said “But it’s not so we can use in evidence”

“Why not? Mrs Clifton wouldn’t be able to deny it, and then she’d have to resign as chairton’s and we couldn’t lose the case”

“Possibly not, but the judge would rule the evidence as inadmissible And that’s not the only reason we couldn’t use it”

“What more do

you need?” asked Virginia