Please do no laugh at my old-fashioned lack of trust in such matters, but my grandfather had reminded me more than once after some long ago and far aw...y “crash” that such diligence was necessary to keep one’s finger on the pulse of financial fortune. Besides, it was a good excuse to get out of the mausoleum of a home that I occupied with only servants that I had inherited from my recently demised step-mother.Mama Agatha had been a bewildering older woman of complicated agendas prone to periods. As I walked through town I kept thinking, and I decided that I might ask her tonight, if she worked. But I kept thinking about it for the 2 hours it took me to walk there. By the time I got to work I was feeling looser, and I was ready to start working. When I walked in the back door I almost walked into Charlie, who was stepping out for some fresh air. She said to me, can I talk to you a second before you clock on? so I just stepped back and let her close the door, and followed her behind the. We didn't get one bit of lip out of the assholes this time. Casey released them and they practically ran to find a dead man to drag off. Casey and I went with the bunch to make sure they didn't get lost and Spot came along for luck I guess. It didn't take long.After locking the four remaining assholes back to their trees I just had to give another little pep talk, mostly for the benefit of the ones Jane thought might be saved."I know that having guns around here has never amounted to much since. After giving me time to get my head around, she broke the silence and said: "You took it far worse than I had thought."Without looking at her, as I was too ashamed to face her, I asked her for how long had she known."I've known it for some years. I always knew there was something going on between them, but actually saw them some years ago."I asked her how was she able to guess when I wasn't? She didn't say anything, just smiled. I asked her whether her mom knows that she knows."Yes. I've seen.