“Would you like help to arrange a holiday rental in these locations that you like?” Matthias asked, as though he had nothing else to do and was not being taxed by the nervousness on the London markets (as Charley apparently was and pretended not to be) or the ongoing lack of results in the investigation in the hotel break-ins in Cannes. “I can have a listing ready by this afternoon. There is also a villa available in Cimiez—”
“No, no,” Charley said, “it’s all in hand.”
“How?” we asked. “Where?”
“I have two addresses, fully furnished, house and grounds staff remaining, both secure and vacant for the summer, or what is left of it. One of them is soon to be put on the market for sale. We shall be doing the owners a favor in staying and airing them out. We can pick up the keys from the agen
