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‘Do you knohere he is?’ asked Booth Watson, enunciating each word slowly

‘No Young man say Australia’

Booth Watson wrote on his pad: Australia/young man

‘And is Mrs Faulkner there?’ he asked just as slowly

‘No, Madame fly home’

‘Home?’

‘Angleterre’

‘Thank you,’ said Booth Watson ‘Most helpful’

He wondered what Miles could possibly be doing in Australia, and in which city heBates, the chambers’ head clerk, came to his rescue

‘Has to be Melbourne, sir He’ll be watching the second Test’

Booth Watson had no interest in cricket, and simply instructed the head clerk to find his client

Bates spent the rest of thehotels in Melbourne, and by the time Booth Watson had returned from lunch he found a yellow Post-it on his desk with the details He ih to Miles Faulkner’s suite

‘Before I do, sir,’ said the voice on the other end of the line, ‘are you aware it’s 130 in the ?’

‘No, I wasn’t,’ admitted Booth Watson ‘I’ll call back later’

After he’d hung up, he did soot ho