After I attended the lectures in the morning and negotiated the schedule for catching up with my lab work with the professors, I walked towards the gendarmerie. I could have hailed a cab, as it was far enough that it wouldn't be a total waste of money to go there by cab, but it was still close enough that you could walk there with enough time. I chose to walk, to help clear my mind and steady my nerves.
I saw grandpa going out of a cab when I arrived at the gendarmerie station, ten minutes before the meeting started. Mister Hurston wasn't there yet.
"Shall we wait outside for Mister Hurston?" I suggested to grandpa. "Wouldn't want to spend more time than necessary at a police station."
"Let's do that," grandpa agreed. "It's not that cold anymore now that it's May, anyway."
We didn't ha
