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‘I overslept, sir, and threw on the first things I could find, as I didn’t want to be late’

‘And is that also why you didn’t shave?’ William bowed his head ‘Well, I hope she orth it,’ said Lah trouble as it is I’ll tell you what’s going to happen next You’ll go hoe of clothes, and be back here within the hour, by which time I will have obtained a warrant to search the suspect’s preenhaather every scrap of evidence you can to ensure we nail the bastard when the case comes to court You’ll then escort him to the local nick, where he can stay put until he co And Warwick, if he’s bolted, or destroyed the evidence, you’ll be up in front of the coer spell on the beat wouldn’t do you any hare’

During his journey back to Victoria, Willia about what had happened the previous evening He and Jez, Beth’s flat He’d explained that he and Beth had been at uni together, and their relationship was platonic William didn’t need him to explain why

When Beth joined theown, Jez quickly disappeared

‘You didn’t have to wash your hair just for me,’ said William

‘Don’t try and get off the hook,’ said Beth, as she sat down next to him on the couch ‘I still want to knohy you stood me up’

Williaenham before he kissed her for the first time, and he would have finished the story of his pursuit of the Churchill forger over breakfast, if Beth hadn’t reminded him what time it was

‘I’ to visit the Fake Gallery tomorrow,’ he said as he headed for the door ‘Would you like to join me?’

‘Yes, assuler’

When Willia he’d spent a fewhis best to make himself presentable But his feeble efforts hadn’t fooled Lamont

The moment he’d returned to his little room in Trenchard House, he showered, shaved, and put on some fresh clothes He was back at his desk within the hour, by which tienham – a Mr Cyril Aistrate

‘Jackie will be acco you,’ he told William, ‘as you clearly need a nanny to hold your hand Let’s hope for your sake that Mr Amhurst hasn’t scarpered’

Willia the Eer seat It was their first extended ti session in the Tank, the popular watering hole on the ground floor of Scotland Yard He still hadn’t found the snooker room

As they travelled through the East End, Williahter, called Michelle, and an understanding mother who made it possible for her to do the job she loved

William didn’t mention his parents or his sister, but he did tell Jackie that he intended to visit the Fake Gallery in Notting Hill the next day, with a research assistant from the Fitzmolean