The Waters of Eternal Youth
“As they headed for the stop at Riva di Biasio, he pulled out his telefonino and called Signorina Elettra. He’d had enough of going by the official route, so he gave her Cavanis’ telefonino number and asked if she could somehow obtain a list of the numbers he’d phoned, starting on the Monday before he died.
‘ “Somehow obtain”,’ she repeated. ‘How elegant, Commissario. Yes, I’m sure I can obtain them. Somehow.’ She paused and then asked, ‘Is there any need for haste?’ ‘As in: is there time to wait for a magistrate to authorize the search?’ he asked.
‘Yes.’ ‘No.’ ‘Ah,’ she said, dragging out the sound while she, no doubt, considered methods. ‘Are you coming back to the Questura?’ ‘Yes, we’re on the way now.’ ‘I’ll have the numbers for you when you get here.’ He and Vianello had fallen into step, and as he walked, Brunetti repeated, silently, ‘I do not want to know, I do not want to know ’, coming down hard with the step that synchronized with the last word of the phrase.
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