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officiated by Chief Constable Crowe. In attendance were two Members of
Parliament, the Earl of Devon, and Her Royal Highness Princess Mehitabel.
Matheson and I took ParkerтАЩs bananas away, dehydrated him, and tried to
keep an eye on him. Nevertheless, he managed to tuck away a bunch or
two before the ceremony.тАЭ

тАЬNaw. He didnтАЩt,тАЭ said Shad.

тАЬOh, indeed he did, ducky. WhatтАЩs more, Parker didnтАЩt even notice
heтАЩd done it. Nothing quite like a fellow dropping his load before royalty right
in the middle of bleeding тАШGod Save The KingтАЩ.тАЭ

тАЬMake the news, did it?тАЭ

тАЬShad, MathesonтАЩs office was showered with media thank-you notes
and fruit baskets.

тАЬWhatтАЩd the superintendent say when you all got back to the tower?тАЭ

тАЬHe called us into his office, pointed at his telly, and stared at Parker,
his finger trembling. MathesonтАЩs face went bright red and he did a
respectable impression of a beached cod. Then he waved us out of his
office, came up behind us, and slammed the door.тАЭ

тАЬBritish reserve, wot, wot, Jaggers old sock?тАЭ he said using his
Fowler voice.

тАЬFrightening, actually. The superintendent really does bear a striking
resemblance to John Dillinger. I half expected to be perforated by a
Tommy gun. He ordered Parker into therapy.тАЭ

тАЬTo potty train him?тАЭ asked Shad.

тАЬThatтАЩs what it amounted to.тАЭ I looked down through my window. The
red air-vehicle warning lights above the crenellated spires crowning the
Norman towers of St. Peters glowed softly on and off below. тАЬHe went
faithfully twice each week and Matheson received in return a lot of cleaning
bills and the therapistтАЩs conclusion that gorillasтАФgorilla bios, in any
eventтАФcannot be trained in that regard. There are no internal warning signs
noticeable to the gorilla, so the gorilla simply delivers wherever it is
whenever a shipment comes in.тАЭ

тАЬLike the old joke,тАЭ observed Shad.

тАЬYes. Wherever he wants.тАЭ
 Shad glanced down through his side window. тАЬOh boy. Hey, Jaggs?
WeтАЩre over Broadgate. I donтАЩt see the ABCD van.тАЭ He placed the cruiser in
stationary hover.

He banked the cruiser my way and I looked down. Opposite Dell and