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known a scene analyzer to fail.тАЭ

тАЬWhat does this have to do with Guy?тАЭ asked Nadine.

тАЬThe prang out at Hangingstone Hill failed.тАЭ

тАЬSurely, sir,тАЭ began Walter, тАЬif an artillery shell went off next to one of
those instruments ... well, doesnтАЩt that seem likely as a cause?тАЭ

тАЬCertainly if it failed completely and right away, Walter. But Parker
said that the prangтАЩs signal at Hangingstone declined in strength over two
days, then suddenly died.тАЭ I looked at Nadine. тАЬI believe Guy might have
had time enough before the explosion to copy into one of the smaller
mechs and has since been drawing power from the scene analyzer.тАЭ

тАЬIf thatтАЩs true,тАЭ said Val, тАЬGuy must be able to move about. Why didnтАЩt
he let Ralph Parker or the police know when they were out there?тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm not certain. It might have to do with concerns about being
observed.тАЭ

тАЬBy the person or persons who planted the bomb?тАЭ asked Walter.

тАЬYes.тАЭ

тАЬSir, if I may?тАЭ

I nodded permission.

тАЬThank you, sir. Given possible post-incident observation, is it likely
that such an offender may have a continuing interest in any subsequent
inquiry or activity concerning said hill, including ours?тАЭ

тАЬQuite likely,тАЭ I answered.

тАЬMight I suggest, then, we enter the moor farther to the east instead
of taking the obvious route through Okehampton past the army camp?тАЭ

тАЬCan you find the hill using another route?тАЭ

тАЬIndeed I can, sir. As I was driving I downloaded the Ordinance
Survey map of the area.тАЭ

тАЬGood thinking, Walter. Very well, we are in your capable hands.тАЭ

тАЬVery good, sir.тАЭ

He got off the motorway at one of the South Zeal exits, went through
the villages of Sticklepath and Belstone, where we came onto a
brain-shattering unpaved track called Tarka Trail, which took us up onto the