Filed a new number on case thirty-one today. A number outlasts a person.

• Gertie MaddoxJust slip me the one name behind that number. I'll write the rest myself.
  Cyril AshbyMiss Maddox, the clerk's office is not in the business of slipping anything.
• Barnaby HollowayNote this too, while you're at it: of those thirty-one, there is one I could not disprove.
  Cyril AshbyThat one, you may close in your own hand, Inspector.