The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth
“Nothing. Not a drop of drugged ripple, from which he deduced that the bird had not been anaesthetised but was just taking a lie-in, possibly, although we didn’t particularly need to know this, due to exertion caused by flying around during the storm in the Irish Sea recently.
‘So we wasted our time.’ ‘I’m sorry Mr Knight, the technique usually works very well but I think you left it too late. You should have called me in sooner.’ ‘There’s a girl’s life at stake here, Sospan.’ ‘No one knows that... better than me, you know that. I’ve got all Myfanwy’s records just like you. Did you make a list like I told you?’ ‘List of what?’ ‘Of everything you could remember about the gelati man.’ ‘But I told you, I was drugged, I couldn’t remember anything.’ Sospan tutted. ‘You’ve drunk from the waters of the Lethe is what you’ve done, Mr Knight. I would recommend you went and saw Mr Evans the Hypnotist at Kousin Kevin’s.’ ‘And what good would that do?’ ‘Forensic hypnotism is a very powerful weapon in the modern detective’s arsenal.MoreLess
‘So we wasted our time.’ ‘I’m sorry Mr Knight, the technique usually works very well but I think you left it too late. You should have called me in sooner.’ ‘There’s a girl’s life at stake here, Sospan.’ ‘No one knows that... better than me, you know that. I’ve got all Myfanwy’s records just like you. Did you make a list like I told you?’ ‘List of what?’ ‘Of everything you could remember about the gelati man.’ ‘But I told you, I was drugged, I couldn’t remember anything.’ Sospan tutted. ‘You’ve drunk from the waters of the Lethe is what you’ve done, Mr Knight. I would recommend you went and saw Mr Evans the Hypnotist at Kousin Kevin’s.’ ‘And what good would that do?’ ‘Forensic hypnotism is a very powerful weapon in the modern detective’s arsenal.MoreLess
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