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тАШI tend to agree with you there.тАЩ Soap now found himself staring into a face that loomed in his direction.
It was an elegant face. It had cropped white hair at its top end, a pince-nez perched upon its nose at the
middle, and a long chin sticking out at the bottom. тАШI am Inspectre Sherringford Hovis,тАЩ said the mouth of
this face, exposing a gold tooth or two. тАШAnd I trust that you are all hunky-dory.тАЩ

тАШHot-pots,тАЩ said Soap.

тАШHot-pots and rabbits,тАЩ said Hovis. тАШPart of my grandmotherтАЩs collection. Bequeathed to me by my late
mother. She was mad, you see. Quite mad.тАЩ

тАШQuite,тАЩ said Soap.

тАШAnd you are?тАЩ

тАШIтАЩmnot,тАЩ said Soap.

тАШNo,тАЩ said Hovis. тАШI mean, your name. You are?тАЩ

тАШSoap Distant,тАЩ said Soap Distant.

тАШThat name rings a little bell. DidnтАЩt I once run you in for an unsavoury incident involving a handbag,
some chopped liver and a little boyтАЩs bottom?тАЩ

тАШNo, you did not!тАЩ Soap struggled up to a sitting position.

тАШMust have been another Soap Distant, then.тАЩ

тАШYes, it must.тАЩ Soap steadied himself. The room with its hot-pots and rabbits was doing a bit of a waltz.

тАШYou just takeit easy. IтАЩll have someone fetch you a cup of tea.тАЩ

тАШThank you,тАЩ said Soap.

тАШAnd then, when youтАЩre feeling up to it, weтАЩll discuss the damage you did to the squad car and how you
intend to pay for it.тАЩ

тАШEh?тАЩ said Soap, and, тАШWhat?тАЩ

тАШYou quite upset the constable who was driving. HeтАЩll probably need to have counselling. But you wonтАЩt
have to pay for that, itтАЩs covered by the company.
тАШThe company,тАЩ said Soap, his shoulders sagging.

тАШYes,тАЩ said Hovis, and his tone lacked not for bitter-ness. тАШEverything is covered bythe company
nowadays.тАЩ

тАШYouтАЩre not too keen,тАЩ said Soap, a-rubbing at his eyes.

тАШIтАЩm an old style copper, me,тАЩ said Hovis. тАШHaul тАШem in and bang тАШem up and throw away the key. But
what do they get now? Fines is what they get. Every young copper is on a bonus system, all working