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hard for the company accountants.тАЩ

тАШOh,тАЩ said Soap, now scratching at his head.

тАШAnd what do I get lumbered with?тАЩ

тАШI donтАЩt know,тАЩ said Soap.

тАШStuff and nonsense. Weirdo stuff and nonsense. Here, come and take a look at this,тАЩ Hovis marched off
to his desk and Soap rose carefully to follow.

He was quite taken with the looks of the Inspectre. The long lean frame, encased in a threeтАФpiece suit
of Boleskine tweed. The stiff Victorian collar. The blue velvet cravat. The watch chains and the pince-nez
and the spats. This fellow was a тАШcharacterтАЩ and that was fine with Soap.

тАШWhat do you make of these?тАЩ asked the character, gesturing all about his desk.

тАШPhotos,тАЩ said Soap. тАШYou have hundreds of photos.тАЩ

тАШI havethousands of photos,тАЩ said Hovis. тАШAnd all showing the same damn thing.тАЩ

тАШWhy?тАЩ asked Soap. тАШWhat are they?тАЩ

тАШTake a look for yourself.тАЩ The Inspectre pushed a pile in SoapтАЩs direction.

Soap took one and peered at it. тАШItтАЩs a picture of a road,тАЩ he said.

тАШItтАЩs a picture of a motorway. The M25, to be precise. Taken by a police speed camera. So we can fine
motorists who drive above the legal limit.тАЩ

тАШThatтАЩs clever,тАЩ said Soap. тАШHow does it work?тАЩ

тАШI donтАЩt know how it works. ItтАЩs digital, some com-puterized nonsense. ItтАЩs triggered automatically to
catch the registration plate of the offending motorist. Surely youтАЩve heard of the damn things.тАЩ

тАШWell...тАЩ said Soap. тАШIтАЩve never actually owned a motorcar. In fact IтАЩve never actually been on a
motor-way. But I get the picture.тАЩ

тАШAnd what do you get from looking atthat picture?тАЩ

тАШWell...тАЩ said Soap.
тАШWell, look at it, man, what do you see?тАЩ

тАШI donтАЩt see any motorcars,тАЩ said Soap.

тАШNo,тАЩ agreed Hovis. тАШNo motorcars at all. But what about that?тАЩ and he pointed.

тАШOh,тАЩ said Soap. тАШItтАЩs a man in the middle of the road. A fat man. In a black T-shirt and shorts.тАЩ

тАШYes,тАЩ said Hovis. тАШAnd what is he doing?тАЩ