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Matheson almost maintained his sad smile. тАЬNice spot of media buzz
on both cases, Jaggers. Shad and you have the rest of the day and this
evening off. Pass on the word to Detective Sergeant Shad, if you would be
so kind.тАЭ

тАЬThank you, sir, I will. DoesnтАЩt that leave the office a bit shorthanded?
Towson called in sick.тАЭ

тАЬStay on call, but Parker should be able to handle anything that comes
up.тАЭ He gave himself a moment of silence thinking upon Detective
Constable Ralph Parker, incontinent flea-infested gorilla. His sad gaze
elevated until it rested upon me. тАЬSo, Jaggers, how is Shad settling into his
replacement duck suit?тАЭ

тАЬWell enough, sir.тАЭ

тАЬA bit embarrassing him renting that Watson meat suit from Celebrity
Look-alikes after his duck caught it at Hangingstone.тАЭ

тАЬThat was a Nigel Bruce suit, sir, made up to look like Dr. Watson.тАЭ

Matheson shook his head and looked again at the gloomy sky.
тАЬDamned silly. You looking like Basil Rathbone and Shad doing his
WatsonтАФdamned silly. The chief constable put a bug in my shell-like when
he heard about it, I can tell you.тАЭ

тАЬRemarkable amount of cooperation we received from the public,
though, sir, as Holmes and Watson. C.C. Crowe, in addition, appears to
have forgiven us with this suggestion of a day off.тАЭ

Matheson looked confused for a moment then sloughed it off. тАЬTrue.
Mercurial man, the chief constable.тАЭ He turned and faced me. тАЬI find it hard
to tell with a duck, Jaggers, but at times Shad seems a bit depressed. Still
recovering from the Hangingstone thing?тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt believe itтАЩs Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, sir. As you know
better than anyone else, no one ends in ABCD by choice. Being a star on
the telly must have been very exciting for him.тАЭ

тАЬHe didnтАЩt find getting blown to pieces exciting?тАЭ

тАЬI hardly think heтАЩd list that as a job perk.тАЭ

тАЬI suppose not.тАЭ He shook his head. тАЬThose adverts Shad was in: You
suppose thereтАЩs anything to that insurance?тАЭ He waved a hand at me to
fend off my uninformed answer to his idle question. тАЬAll rubbish now theyтАЩve
gone to that slimy little yob of a lizard for a mascot, isnтАЩt it? In any event, a
night off will do Shad and you both some good. AB Emancipation Week,
you know. I may take the missus out tonight myself.тАЭ He sat down, opened