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I'm book and I run a bookshop. You must be here about the job.

You know where I've come from, don't you?

I have a little hobby on the side and I find it's taking me away from the shop

more and more. Well, you must stay with us, mustn't

you? Now that you've got the job, what exactly is it you do? I sell books.

Yeah, but that's not all, is it? Yesterday out there at a bomb site. So

you don't think they died in an air raid?

Inkerman Street was already empty, wasn't it, Mr. Basar? Scheduled for

demolition. It's a chaotic world, Jack. I have a system.

Do you think it was suicide? Why would a chemist kill himself with something as

horrible as prostic acid? It's murder. There's a daughter, isn't there?

All right. Money grabbing little cow. And then she has the gorn to run off

with him. Well, dad was convinced that Mickey was

thieving. Got the chemist will through. Sir daughter doesn't get a beam.

This is a sacred charge. You understand that? I wouldn't ask this of you if I

didn't think you were ready more than that. That you're the one creature on

this earth to whom I could entrust this. This message must go to Troty and to no

one else. Is that clear? Is that clear?

Good boy. Off you go.

Morning in. Morning. Uh, doc, stay.

Can I help you? Oh, yes.

With wallpaper, that is. It's a little early for that.

For what? Never mind.

I'm looking for a Mrs. book. You found her.

Well, that's a crying shame. What is that?

You're married. That is. Can I help you?

Yeah. Yeah. You're uh got a message from your husband. Said you were having

problems with your alternator. My

in the car. It's what I do. See cars. I see. I miss Mr. Book sent for you

today. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, no idea why I didn't

go with someone more local, but why not say no? I go where the work is, right?

Quiet. Oh,

got a light. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Hang on. Somewhere here. One minute.

Where have they gone?

Somewhere. Where's the last pocket you looking at?

Ah, here we are.

T. So, you are a mechanic, Mr. Mickey. Mickey Hall. And uh Yeah. Yeah.

I got a garage mile end. All yours.

Why not? Me in the um Oh, yeah. Yeah. All mine.

See? Um,

if you excuse me a moment, I need to lay my hands on a well, find my car.

Right on. Yeah. Well, I ain't I ain't going anywhere, so

the very man. Oh, good morning, Mrs. Book. Ah, morning

Eric. Wonder if you'd be an absolute darling for me, Eric.

Anything for a lady? Well, as I recall, Sheila is a proud owner of

a rather splendid dler. Yeah, she's got a car.

Yeah, is she in? Can I just pop in to ask to borrow the car?

Lovely. I'm sure she wouldn't mind. It's just parked around the back. I'll get

the keys for you. Thank you.

Yeah.

Hello. Hello.

What's up? Puncture. I think as ball as daddy. I

told him these wheels won't get me to Cambridge.

I don't suppose you could help me out. It's not really my department. I'm just

looking after the place. I'd be most awfully grateful.

Yeah. All right. I'll see what Mickey's got.

Thanks, Elvis. So, there must be a repair kit back here

somewhere. I really appreciate this. Like he puts things in those random

places.

There we go.

Huh?

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat. N.

I love you.

Slow

down. Oh my goodness.

Yeah, nothing wrong with that. The alternator. I mean, I'd have trouble

starting it. He didn't mention it.

Maybe I should put me specs on. Maybe.

Thank you very much, Mr. Hall. That was uh that was quite a ride.

Yeah, not at all, love. And uh anytime you want to go a bit

further, Sunday maybe.

Desperately tempting though, that is. I find I'm washing my hair that evening.

Besides, besides,

I think perhaps your dance card may soon be a little full.

Quick word, Mr. All.

Well, isn't this nice? Who are you?

We thought, Mr. the hall that it was high time we had a little chat.

Listen, I know my rights. Straight out of the blocks.

Disappointing. Dear me, Mr. Hall. One point deducted already.

Point. What are you talking about? Listen, you can't stick anything on me.

There you go again. Hey, textbook quotidian banal.

What? You see, the inspector and I have been through this routine a hundred

times. Thousand. You have no idea how tedious

it is having to listen to the same old stock responses from gnarly old lags

like something from the music hall. Hold your hand down, you naughty boy.

Probably enough of that. So, here's the question that you would

ask were it not for your fear of me dinging you. Why would I want to kill

poor Mr. Harkup? Well, why would I? I wouldn't hurt a fly.

I never did it. But you'd meant to go into the shop.

Yeah. Yes. All right. I I went there to talk things through, to reason with him.

Now me and Marula got a little one on the way.

Oh, did you go with the express intention of filing the jade elephant

and replacing it? That's a dirty lie.

Oh, bravo. Haven't heard that one in a while.

Should put copper at the end, though. What?

That's a dirty lie. Copper is much more effective.

But you ain't a copper, is you? No. Fair point. No, I ain't isn't aunt. But I do

have a special letter from Churchill. So anyway, you can't prove that I did

that. No, but it's very probable, you admit.

What happened then? I waited outside the shop.

I knew he'd be in. He never goes anywhere except Mondays and Thursdays.

He's played dominoes down the ball. I waited till well after 7:00, but there

was no sign of him. So he went into the flat.

No sign of him, but first she come out. Who? A char. Mrs. Dredge

coming out of chemist acting all shifty. Yeah, well, you know all about that.

She had something in her coat. Trying her best to keep it hidden.

Didn't let her see me. Obviously. When was this?

About 6:00. Now go on.

And someone else come. But it's my Piccadilly circus on your lane book.

Couldn't see him properly. What? Me eyes and that.

Oh yes, we've heard all about. But it was a him.

I do know the difference, mister. Your reputation precedes you.

It was all bundled up, scarf, overcoat.

After he left, I went to the flat. My door was shut, but I know my way around

a lock. So, in I went, and that's when I found him.

Maru's dad that is stoned dead. So naturally, you thought you should

call the police. Well, that wouldn't have been a very

wise thing to do, would it? I almost just legged it. And then I remembered

about the ornaments, the jade figures.

A month ago, he told me about how precious they was.

I thought no one's going to miss one of them, are they?

At last for you, that wasn't quite the case.

Let me little chest set with me.

So, I swap one. Then I took off straight home. I swear I

never killed Ara. I never even touched him. He was dead when I got there.

All right, son. Maybe you're telling the truth. Maybe you're not. But let me

assure you, if you are lying, if you think you can take Scotland, Fight, I'll

come down on you so hard you won't be able to see straight till Christmas.

I'll throw the bloody book at you. Inspector,

do we believe him? Bent his dog's hind leg.

Yeah, but is he a murderer?

I need to think. Do you have time to queue?

I'm planning a casserole.

We should stop him moaning love. Chance would be a fine thing.

Come on. It's sharp now. It's not going to wrap itself.

She's new.

Out the way you we're be all bleeding day,

right? You're watching. Over. Over. Under. Under under.

There we go. Lovely. Bye.

Come in. Let's be having you.

Don't know how to turn you vegetarian. No, our cat brought home a pigeon the

other night. And

well, Mrs. Bliss was sorely tempted. We had plenty of pigeons in the wall.

Nothing wrong with a bit of pigeon. Yeah. Yeah, I know. But now it's all

over. I mean, we want to weigh him a bit higher, don't we?

We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stings.

Right. Bugger this. All right. Excuse me. Police business coming through.

Coming through. Police business. Police business. Thank you. Thank you. Sorry.

Sorry, madam. Police business. Thank you very much.

Wait, your bloody turn like the rest of I'm so sorry, madam. It's urgent. Police

business. One minute. Oh, madam. Sorry. Could I just ask you to take a few steps

outside urgent police business?

Afternoon, Eric. Afternoon, sir.

Now, stewing stick. I've kept it aside, sir.

You are a prince amongst men. Oh, you've got something just there.

Hey, excuse me. Powdered egg. Bit of a rush

breakfast. How's Sheila? Well, sir. Well,

she's driven up to Sheffield. I know family.

Yes. Terrible about George AR.

Certainly is. Mind you, I wag your old base art won't shed any tears.

Huh? I never got on. Many a running during

the blitz. Arup was a stickler for the rules.

Always on at Mr. Base for being too slack. Blackout curtain, showing light,

that sort of thing. Rob your tick.

Right. Then where are we up to with the murders?

Murder? There's only one as far as I know.

Yes. Well, Mrs. Dredge says she saw the

chemist at approximately 6:00 p.m. We have only her word for that.

Yes. They did. But Mickey Hall did say he saw her

leaving the shop around that time with something in her coat she wanted to keep

hidden. And she has a strong motive. Now we know

she inherits the kn. So Harkup appears to have died somewhere

between 6 and 10 according to Dr. Cder. An awful lot could have happened in

those 4 hours. Indeed.

Now we're presuming the killer called round. No sign of forced entry.

So Half Cup knew them. Probably. I've told you this before.

Hear me out, Mr. Ara. Please. It's about Marula.

I suppose you'd better come through. So, he let them in. There was some tall

chat.

The killer proceeds to pour proic acid down his throat.

Hark croaks. Literally, I should imagine.

But why did he take just the one piece? Well, why not grab the knot? Cuz then it

would look like burglary. Whereas he wanted to make it look like suicide.

There we are, sir. Oh, bless you, Eric. Oh, um, anything

for dog? I'll spoil you. You'll do.

Would you like it, Rat? No, no, no. He won't mind. Thank you,

Todd. Pip. Enjoy your day, gentlemen. Cheerio.

H barrel. Hello.

Mrs. Dredge has motive and opportunity. Mickey Hall motive and opportunity.

What about Marula? Nikki says the bundled up stranger is a

man. Yeah, but then he would if they were in

it together.

Did they know that Harup is going to disinherit them?

Hello, Jack. Sirh,

not for you.

What have you done? Oh, tidied up.

Tidied up. Oh dear.

Well, you said you wanted things cataloging, so I need to put it in a

proper order. You've only done these shelves so far.

Yeah, sorry. Takes time, you know. Thank God. Put it all back. I put it all

back just as it was. I told you I have a system. But you'd said that. Catalog it.

I said, not desecrate it. Cross.

I'm sorry. These said soon as men did today. E.

Well, I think I might have done something right.

You found something? Yeah, I have. It's been cleaned recently.

The residue you can see that's remains of silver polish.

Meaning meaning that it got into the ground

recently. Probably dropped or something far more sinister.

What you getting at? 1665. Year of the plague.

Yeah. Very specifically the year of the

plague. Not a year or two before. Capital.

Too convenient. Horribly. Where better to hide a tree than in a forest? 11

skeletons in the plague pit from the 17th century on the 12th of 1946.

Oh, bloody hell. You said earlier murders plural.

Yes. Linked.

Oh, I should think so. Top of the class, Jack. Really? I should give you the

afternoon off to go to the pub. So I will more specifically the bull where

the late Mr. Harkup used to play dominoes. Take Nora.

Nora? I believe you met. She's good at this

sort of thing. You could learn a lot.

Ah, something.

Very much something.

What's this? A list of addresses and a very particular question. I'd be ever so

grateful if you go on a little field trip for me.

All right. If you cook tonight, I am casserole.

Oh, casserole.

Very irregular this kitties on the premises.

I'm not a kid. You look like one.

Appearances can be very deceptive. I'll have a drink if that's what you're

worried about. That would make it worse.

She'll have a lemonade. Oh, what?

And I'll have a bottle of m please. All right.

Thanks.

You'll have to get these. What? I haven't got any money.

Oh, no. Ask Mr. Book. He'll advance you your

wages.

There you are. Thanks. Keep the change.

You were saying, Mr. Hawker. That's right, son. Yeah. Every Monday

and Thursday, sit just over there. Yeah. Mr. Wellbeloved the butcher. Mr. Bass.

Heart the RP warden. Mrs. Acres from the junk shop. Mr. Coolin the tailor. It's

like happy families. Mr. Tui from the cobbers. Mr. Harkup. Oh, God rest his soul.

Yeah.

Are you with the coppers then?

In a manner of speaking. I mean, I don't mind. I was in the in

the force myself back in the day. Ah, poor old hack up. Didn't seem the

type, you know, to do himself in. But then do they ever?

I know we had a teacher life and salt drowned herself in a weird man when you

last saw him. Well, that's the thing. You see, I saw

Mr. Harkob just the day before. Oh,

yeah. Very out of character. It was. Yeah. He marched in here in the middle

of the day. He was a man of very regular habits, so it did seem a bit queer.

It seemed like he had a lot on his mind. Said he was sitting on a secret.

Obviously eating him up a bit. Did you get it out of him? The secret?

Not at first. No. More than my life's worth. He said he said that his very

words, son. And the next day dead.

Did he um elaborate?

Yes, son. Eventually he did. Now, Mr. Harkob was a very upright

citizen. You see, he suspected one of his pals was cheating at Spoties.

Spotties. SWIS

dominoes.

That was smashing. His uses

better than what you're used to. Oh, yeah.

So, uh, you were saying, uh, Scarlet Fever.

Well, that's what brought us together. Yes.

We met on the Scarlet Fever Ward when we were what, both, 12?

And so what? You fell for each other right from the off.

I wasn't quite like that. No.

Profitable day. I'm not sure. I put my foot right in it.

Oh, I tried to tidy Mr. Book's bookshelves.

I mean, I don't think I did too much damage, but.

And then I was out and about with Nora detecting.

Well, it certainly put some color in your cheeks.

So, go on then. Well, if you didn't fall for each other

straight away. When did you know?

You'll forgive me, my dear, but we'll have to know each other rather better

before such confidences are exchanged. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't

mean to overstep, but Not at all. You haven't.

I do hope we'll become fast friends, Jack.

It's complicated. That's all.

Book and I weren't separable for years and then

life got in the way.

Love is where it falls. Isn't that what they say?

Couldn't trouble you for a lie, could I? Sorry, I

I don't smoke.

You sure?

And were things more than formal between you and your employer?

I resent that question, Inspector. Nevertheless,

well, I won't deny there was a degree of affection between George, between Mr.

Harkup and myself. If you've been doing for someone all

those years. Well, that's my point, Mrs. Dredges. Is

that all you were doing? What my friend is trying to suggest.

Well, what he's trying to suggest, what he's trying to elucidate then is

whether this affection took any more tangible form.

Well, what's it got to do with you? Well, the fact is, Mrs. Strange, certain

new facts have come to light. Mr. Harkup gave the lot to you. Love

the shop. The good will this whole estate or yours?

Never. I didn't see that coming.

Everything. Everything.

Is your son at home, Mrs. Dredge? Oh, he's uh upstairs in bed.

A late riser. A war hero. His Wellington came down

over Holland 44. All right. I'm sorry. Nothing to be sorry for. He survived,

didn't he? Given that we don't believe Mr. Harkup

took his own life, you can see why that leaves you in a rather difficult

position. You never think I topped him.

The fact remains you're in a rather sticky position, Mrs. Dredge. The the

the new will was properly signed and witnessed.

Well, I don't know anything about that. But you could have done. You could have

found a draft when you were cleaning and decided to, you know, speed things up a

bit. What? By knocking off Mr. H?

Yes, Barmy. No, it's her. You should be

talking to Marula and him Mickey Hall. Have you nabbed him?

He is assisting us with our inquiries. Oh, well, good. That's something then.

In fact, Mr. Hall's been most helpful. He has?

Yes. Yeah. Most helpful. In fact, he told us

that he saw you leaving the chemist shop the night of the murder.

But there's no mystery there. I told you. I saw it.

Leaving and trying your very best to conceal something.

Bandages. I told you for elf the trying to hide.

He lost a leg, didn't he, your son?

H how?

One of them worn and creased, the other almost completely smooth. His prostesis

must need constant attention and painful, I should imagine. Very, very

painful.

Painful enough for morphine.

Why didn't you just ask Mr. Hawk to help?

I I couldn't.

Alf needs more than he's ever given by the doctor.

So I I I nicked some extra. I didn't think Mr. Hark would notice, but he did.

And he assumed Mickey Hall must have done it. I couldn't tell him it was me.

He was such a stickler, you see, for the rules. Well, well, how could I tell him?

I'd had away with drugs from his own shop.

You've no idea what it's like the pain. My poor elf. So, you dropped in on the

pretext of getting bandages and instead stole more morphine.

I And Mr. Harkup was alive when you left him.

I swear on my son's life.

If you'll excuse me. Yes, of course.

Oh, and uh when do I get it then?

Pardon? The money.

Not her then. No. Life is hardened, Mrs. Judge. But

not a killer. No. Then who did it? Them. Two murders. Remember

them? Then look, I suppose it'd be too straightforward for you to just, you

know, just tell me. It would be my.

Well, no, not my pleasure. You're going to need backup, Inspector.

What? What?

Oh, no. No. Sorry. Uh, we're just Good evening, sir.

Eric. Oh, we're just closing, I'm afraid.

That's all right. How's Sheila? Well, you asked me that, Mr. Book.

Oh, yes. She's in Sheffield. What day did you drive up there?

Oh, um, Thursday. Yes, Thursday. I see. Well, if there's anything special

I can help you with, sir. You know, I've got a lot on. But she couldn't have done

that. Could you when Troty borrowed her car

on Friday?

Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Now that Mr. Well beloved, I didn't mean to do her in.

Don't go on. Things hadn't been right for some time.

Always rowing we were. And then.

I met her...

Ah, an old fool and a young beauty.

It's. It's a very old tale. When did you know, Mr. Book, if you

don't mind me asking? I suspected right away that something

was off. And that was confirmed when I discovered that some of the bones in the

plague pit were newer, though you'd made an effort to age them.

Gravy Browning. Sheila uses it on her legs.

And afford to get annoying. Plus, the knife marks on them are very

distinctive. I checked your handiwork. That bone you gave me for dog.

So, uh, for the sake of a future with Miss Enid Kle, you sent your wife to

meet her maker.

Then found yourself confronting the murderer's oldest dilemma,

getting rid of the corpse. Should have been simple for you, not being a

stranger to the notion of chopping things up.

Unfortunately, Inspector, people can tell the difference between the bones of

hogs and homo sapiens. So, I think that after removing the flesh from your

unfortunate wife, cleansing her, you still needed to

dispose of her skeleton, which is where the costic soda comes in.

Precisely. Freely available at any chemist. Getting rid of a body, are you?

Drains. It's for the drains, George. Terrible

pole.

Alkaline hydraysis. Was that what you were going for?

I'd read about it. See, funny the things you pick up in this

trade.

Cool. Stick soda. Dissolves flesh. I'd used it before to

get rid of carcasses, you know, but it didn't work properly. You know, lots of

lots of bones left. I didn't know what to do. And then

and then Bart mentioned the skeletons that he'd found.

Strange to think that if it wasn't for the Luftwaffer, we'd never have known

those poor devils were under our feet all these years. You t

not just yet. Well, no rush, I suppose. After 300

years, I put a tarp over the crater. Yes.

Well, you know what kids are like. They probably run off with the bones and give

them to a dog. Yeah. Anyway, cheerio.

I don't know.

As I said, where better to hide a tree than in a forest?

Who would notice? Oh, you.

Then there was this. Of course, Eric here, though exhibiting a lively skill

at improvisation, is not an imaginative man. No offense. That go for it. My game

mate is me. You rather overdid it by planting the

coin in the plague pit that rang an alarm bell straight away. And so armed

with a description of our suspect, my wife made a short but instructive tour

of the local curio shops. Oh, how how do you know he hadn't gone further a field

to get the coin? Unimaginative. Remember, anyone

conceiving so clumsy a clue would never stray far from their own neighborhood.

Eric was very much in the frame when I noticed the clincher

in the queue at the butchers.

Notice what? Powdered egg.

Oh, you've uh you've got something just there, right? Excuse

me. Powdered egg. Bit of a rush breakfast.

Such an intimate thing to do with absolutely no acknowledgement from Mr.

Wellbeloved. Aha, I thought. Uh-huh. How's Sheila?

Well, sir, well, she's driven up the Sheffield.

A nice family. I inquired with Sheila's family in

Yorkshire. They've seen neither hide nor hair of her, of course.

So, it all looked rosy. And then

I've got the note. I suspected something of the kind. Some

sort of vague threat. Urgent that we talk.

I don't want to have to take this to the authorities.

I hope we can sort this matter between ourselves.

George Hook. And you assumed it was about the murder.

Of course. What? And it wasn't?

No. What? Then what was it about?

Dominoes. What? Mr. Harup was a stickler for the

rules, as we know. He suspected you of cheating at his favorite pastime.

That's all it was. No, no, no, no, no, no. It had to be a

threat about Sheila.

What else could it be? So,

what happened next?

I had an idea I could buy him off with cash.

With beef.

So he went round. I was scared,

you know, scared of what he might say. What if he wouldn't listen? The reason

you there was poison everywhere, all around. And so I I kept him talking.

I just need you to tell the truth. George, just tell the truth, Eric.

And then you I took my chance. I I got hold of him and and and then I poured

the poison down his throat. Right. You poisoned him, did you?

Oh, yes. Oh, it's horrible. Nothing else.

Why? You see, that's very interesting, Eric, because before he was poisoned,

George Harup was struck over the head and the weapon left a bloody residue in

his hair. You remember there was blood but no wound, Inspector?

Yes. Dr. Calder analyzed it for me.

Cow's blood. Ah, and you would have known that, Eric, if

you'd been the one who'd hit him with a joint of beef.

No. Yeah. Yes. No. No. No. No. I remember now. No, I did hit him.

I don't think so. So, who did

it? Obviously neglected to mention the part where she clobbered Mr. Harkup. Was

it her idea from the start? No.

She was.

Enid found me after I strangled after Sheila died.

She just took charge. Didn't know what to do.

And it was so calm,

methodical, and

we we reckon we was going to be okay until.

What the hell do we do now?

Leave this to me.

Huh?

Heat.

And to finish the job, make it look like suicide.

She poured pric acid down poor Mr. Hawkup's gullet.

Can't we just say that I did it, please?

I mean, I'll swing, won't I? But it the law must take its course.

I'm sorry, Eric. I truly am. But I'm even more sorry for George Harup

and poor Sheila. Oh.

Right. Formal charge done. Sign out. You'll be taken to a hold of yourself.

Very good of you. Thank Mrs. Bug.

She said you might be a while. Quite a tale. Wish I could have sat in

on it. I'm pushing my luck as it is.

Questioning now. What exactly did you do in the war?

It must have been pretty big for you to get that letter from Churchill

for the inspector so that you have run of the shop like this.

Now, now Jack, don't be nosy. Where would the fun be if everyone knew

everything? Besides, I hardly have the run of the

place. Not with laughing boy there hovering the whole time. He's just

waiting for his chance to call me. Slightest malfas.

Surely you're a model of respectability, Mr. Book.

You'd be surprised they got Ivan Allo for his petrol

coupons.

All right, we're out. Out you go.

Eric. Eric.

All right. No, no, no contact. Enough of that.

That's enough. Run for

love.

BS.

Eric.

Eric, come out, man. Don't be a fool.

Think I see it. Eric.

That's it. That way. Come on.

Where did he go?

There

crater. This is was Inkman Street,

which means Mr. Bart's fidiousness has come good at

last. If the ruddy thing's still working.

All right. Well, beloved, come quietly.

You see him

there?

Eric, stop. Don't lose him. I'm trying. I'm going in. Let me talk to him.

Where are you going to run to, Eric? There's nothing to be done.

Where will you go,

Ellie?

You can give up today or tomorrow, Eric. It's inevitable.

The law must take its course. That's what you said.

You're not stringing me up.

Eric, no. You shall do that to me. I've seen

beasts go. It's not always kind. Eric, stop.

What about Enid? You better leave the rope alone.

You're right. She did all this for me.

Yes. All for me.

I can't leave her to face the music, can I?

If we're going to go, we go together.

No. No.

For him the hemlock shall distill. For him the axe be bared.

For him the jibbit shall be built. For him the stake prepared.

I see him up there with Mr. Book. And then.

Wallop. He just fell. Dropped like stone. I mean he must have broke his

neck. Sad business.

Very sad. Well, this is a treat. Pineapple chunks.

Haven't had these since before the war.

So, what now? What do you mean?

We just go back to selling books. Well, that's the job, Jack. Just Jack.

Yeah, but that was Yeah,

but it was so bloody exciting.

Can't be like this all the time, young man. And anyway,

who are you? You haven't really said.

Jack Blunt. I was brought up in an orphanage. Like I

told you, made acquaintances with the wrong sort.

I did time for it. Oh,

yeah. Oh,

I was the driver for a smash and grabb up May Fairway. They got away with a

load of mint coats. I got away with two years.

I missed the war, some of it anyway. And then

I get a letter from the Prison Reform Society. An address for a job. This

address. Well, there we are. And no need to

mention it again. Yeah, but why me?

Why' you pick me? Altruism.

What? Giving a second chance to someone felt

like the right thing to do. Yeah, but you don't know me from Adam.

Oh, he was hopeless, wasn't he, Troy? Always wandering around the shop in the

altogether. Getting his fig leaf trapped in the

till. I'm serious. I mean, bloody hell. I am

grateful and all that, but it's nice here.

It's really nice. But books is a raft on the great turbulency

of life. You mean books are a raft?

No, no. Books, this place, my shop.

Don't dwell in it, Jack. Just accept it. It's a second chance.

But why me? Why not? You only live once, but if you do it

right, once is enough. Shakespeare.

May West.

Heat.

Heat.

You.

You