Monday, 8 December 2014

Eighth

    "Any progress with the case? I am beginning to fear we will never get to the bottom of it."
    "There has been one rather bizarre development since we last met, but I am afraid it compounds the mystery rather than sheds any light. It is really most perplexing."
    "Whatever has happened?"
    "This morning I was reviewing the evidence we had collected, in light of a new hypothesis I had formed, when I was surprised to discover that some of the evidence has disappeared."
    "No! This is astonishing – who could have tampered with it? Has much been taken?"
    "Only one item – the bag of sugared almonds."
    "– Really? You don't say... The sugared almonds...?"
    "Yes. That is what I cannot fathom – why the sugared almonds?"
    "Ah, yes... Indeed... I cannot imagine..."


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