“ Morse opened the door of his office a few minutes after eight to find Lewis reading the Daily Mirror. ‘You seem very anxious to further our inquiries this morning, Lewis.’ Lewis folded up the newspaper. ‘I’m afraid you’ve made a bad mistake, sir.’ ‘You mean you are busy on the case?’ ‘Not only that, sir. As I say, you’ve made a bad mistake.’ ‘Nonsense!’ ‘I was trying to do the coffee-break crossword and there was a clue there that just said “Carthorse (anagram)”-’ ‘ “Orchestra”,’ interrupted ...Morse. ‘I know that, sir. But “Simon Rowbotham” is not an anagram of “O.M.A. Browne-Smith”!’ ‘Of course it is!’ Morse immediately wrote down the letters, was checking them off one by one when suddenly he stopped. ‘My God! You’re right. There’s an “o” instead of an “e” isn’t there?’ ‘It was only by chance I checked it when I was-’ But Morse wasn’t listening. Was he wrong, after all his mighty thoughts and bold deductions?MoreLessRead More Read Less
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