"About fifty miles, I should think said Gwendoline casually. I don't know exactly." FIFTY FUCKING BLOODY MILES?" Yes, Jessica, fifty miles" replied Gw...n quietly. "I'll thank you to watch your mouth, Jessica, when you are talking to me. I am still in charge, remember. Trust me. We stay here until ten o'clock tonight and then we will have transport. We can sleep en route and stop at a lay by for an hour or two. I've had it all arranged for weeks. You surely didn't think I'd let you down, Jessie?. She was an old friend of mine and I flagged her down. I asked her to make the introductions and we all made small talk. It's obvious, at least to me that Lou was trying very hard not to gush all over Il Tenore. He, of course, basked in her adoration. He took it in stride as his due, and he was able to put her at ease. As accustomed as he was to beauty, I can see that he was as mesmerized by her beauty as I was. The soprano, although a beauty in her own right, could not hold a candle to her that. " Then you're like him." I looked up to him. I hope I have done him honor." I've seen his picture in the paper. You look sort of like him, dear,"she said."I've been told that my whole life. I hope you don't mind, but thisceremony opened an old wound." Sure, hon, I understand."She left and gave my order to the cook in restaurantese then took careof some of the other customers.While I was waiting for breakfast one of the local police came in andsat at the counter. I noticed that as he was talking. There was one problem: Yvette knew that Helenwould flatly refuse to speak to her if she was wearing her original body.Her solution was to pose as one of Helen's former pupils, and it just sohappened that Ruth Pattison had the qualifications necessary for her to berecruited onto the team."And there we have it.The one piece of the puzzle that's eluded me."But it didn't work, did it?" I scoff. "She swapped with Ruth and foundthat Helen still wouldn't listen to her. Richard Brookbank, on the.