“No interest as such, it"s just that their name cropped up when I rummaged through your credentials, Edwin. Their criminality could hardly be called foibles unless murder is now referred to as a minor weakness and treated as an eccentricity.”
“Again I offer ignorance as my defence, counsellor.” There was the merest hint of a smile as he finished his coffee and pushed it aside in readiness for our first course"s arrival.
“Hungry work is it; commercial business affairs?”
“Occasionally it can be, Mr Jeffries, as I presume yours can be. But tonight your wallet is fairly safe. I ate well at lunch with another of my clients. Have you a similarly busy schedule, or is our mutual concern your main commitment nowadays?”
“Miss Iverson, yes, that"s why we"re here of course. I was forgetting her as
