‘How do you know? Have you found his journal yet?’
‘No.’
‘Have you even tried to find it?’
‘No. But...’
‘You don’t want to solve the mystery of your dreams. But they won’t leave you alone until you do. Mary found that when it started happening to her.’
‘Mary and I are two very different people. I’m really regretting mentioning the dreams. You can make something out of anything if you try hard enough.’
‘But you have his ring and you have the list of Shemsu Benu members and you have the dreams! Surely...?’
‘I admit there are a lot of coincidences...’
‘Coincidences? Pooh!’ she sneered.
Jack took advantage of the arrival of the waitress to change the subject.
‘Do you often go to that pub?’
‘Sometimes I go on a Friday when they have Irish music — but most times Eliot won’t come with
