Kept it private. I didnt want people laughing at him. It was only me he trusted. He thought i. He sort of thought. Jeremiah horrocks all over again. Kind of. The reincarnation of a 17thcentury astronomer. Dead crazy i know. He was losing his mind. No. Yes. So sad. So sad. I didnt want to believe it at first but theres no other way to explain it. Come on, jez. Lewis cromptons wires were crossed, like ted temples thats why he was seeing dr. Ransome in secret, not because they were lovers but because he realized he was losing his mind. Get onto dr. Ransomes health center, see what they knew. Jez do you ever think youre in disneyland here . Like its not real . Lewis on a good day. You always been into planets and stars and that . Since i was a kid. Dad said, look at the man in the moon, and i said, thats not a man, its mountains. He must be proud. He hopped it when i was six. Ironic, mam says. Her the steady sister marries a chancer, and wild child babs ends up with boring old rog. I thoug
And confronts myers with it at the first night party. He says, lets talk about this quietly in the cellar. But, youll say, did he fetch a piece of string with him on the offchance . What do you reckon . You usually have an opinion. Sir, theres Something Else you need to know. Sounds exciting. Youre not getting married . No, sir, its about simon monkford. What about him . How long have you known . Since the call from the met. Is that what that was . The final confirmation date, place, time. Why the hell didnt you tell me then . Because the last time i mentioned your wife you made it very clear to me that i wasnt to mention the subject again. This is different. This is purely professional. How can that be . What were you frightened of . That i might go barging into the Interview Room and batter the living daylights out of the man . I think id be tempted under the circumstances. Well, maybe id be tempted too. But it wouldnt happen. Shall i tell you why . Why . Because youre a good cop and
Are we finished now . Daniel checks out. Theres a queue of grateful cocktail drinkers who swear he was never near the maze. If Tom Rattenbury wasnt covering for his son who was he protecting . The wife . Cecile . Drowning a fit young man in his bath . Stab a big, strong lad in the back . Besides which, same problem with her as with tom shed have known she was killing the wrong man. No, whatshisname marc cotton, did his alibi stand up . Yep, solid potempka went to battle. phone ringing heres your chum. Hope thank you so much. If you could just dump it all by the porters lodge. See . Chivalry is alive and kicking. Given the right encouragement. Im so glad youre here. I wanted to say goodbye. Oh . Im being airlifted back to reality. Papas orders. What about daniel . Collateral damage. Something like that. He was meant to be here, see me off. Who knows . Maybe he had a better offer. Actually, im kind of relieved. Oh, dont say that. Oh, why not . Couple of weeks, hell be so over me. I was g