I had them rationalise their drawers and wardrobes before they left. They took most of their stuff with them, anyway.”He left her there, and went do...nstairs to the kitchen. It was past time for lunch. He filled and boiled a kettle, cut slices of wholemeal bread, washed lettuce, and put tomatoes, cucumber, radishes, spring onions, salad cream and mayonnaise on the table. After a moment’s thought, he added sliced corned beef and a board with several different cheeses on. He thought it unlikely. The older guys put them up to it because they know it drives me nuts. They claim it's a mark of respect, because of my record and solve rate, but they don't call me that themselves. They just get the rookies to say it.I sighed. "In the flesh. I'll come down to the station and fill out a report as soon as I'm finished here."I'm supposed to interview you," he said."You're supposed to interview witnesses, not the cop who made the bust," I corrected."You mean the woman?" I'll take care of that. I was certain he musthave figured he'd be perfectly safe from me in this milling crowd. Isuppose I might have thought the same thing if I'd been him andblindly believed every word she'd told him. Under the circumstances,it was a perfectly reasonable assumption. Unfortunately, it justwasn't a very good one.He waved at me.Did he really think I hadn't seen him standing over there?That was probably the case. He wasn't that bright and it would be solike him. In fact, I wouldn't have been the least. He was the first one I put into a cage. One other slave was already in a cage and then I went back and checked all the locks.”“I think, Miss Fara, you didn’t push the hasp home quite tight. Then the slave could have opened the lock.”Fara looked devastated. “I’m so sorry. I can’t think how it could have happened.”“We all make mistakes. Trick is only make them once. We will have to postpone yellow qipao test, though. You are not ready yet, I think.”Fara looked tearful She had been anxious to.