Enigma Page #5

They say that when that river bottom's|covered with ooze

You silly, silly girl.

These people keep|such funny hours.

I haven't heard--|Oh, Mr Jericho!

You have a visitor.|You can have the parlour.

We don't have guests|in the bedrooms after 10:00.

Oh, Mrs Armstrong, it's perfectly|sweet of you to worry...

but I don't mind taking|the risk just this once.

Well, I suppose it's all right|if you're from the park.

Mr Wigram, would you care|for a cup of Ovaltine?

Ovaltine?

I haven't had Ovaltine since--|no, no--

Ovaltine. Thank you.|I don't think my system could take it.

What a charming house.

And hunting prints.|Do you hunt?

Where are you based?|Here?

Bliss.

What can I do for you,|Mr, um, Wigram?

There's something|I've been wondering about.

You're the man|who broke the U-boat code.

Hmm?|Champagne all around.

Happy days are here again,|all right?

Then you fell out of your pram.

So what happened?

It was personal.

I can keep a secret.

Wonderful thing about war--

Peacetime is about keeping|the people in their place.

But then war breaks out,|and life was never so glorious.

The toiling masses|turn into heroes...

and their little women start dropping|their drawers like debutantes.

- Well, if that's all you--|- And best of all, the swots.

Dragged out in a cloud of dandruff|from some dim backwater...

and invited to the ball.

At Bletchley, you're as glamorous|as fiighter pilots.

Girls you couldn't even hope to meet|go weak at the knees...

at the thought of the size|of your brain, isn't that right?

If talking through your arse|is what they teach you in spy school--

I'm talking about you|and a girl called Claire Romilly.

We're rather worried about her.

Offiicially been missing for 14 hours,|give or take. When in fact,|it's more like 48 hours.

She hasn't been seen|since she went off-duty on Thursday.

Rather a good friend|of yours, I gather.

I-I haven't seen her since befo--|since before I--

Quite.|Heard from her?

- No.|- Apart from the postcard.

Let's try to remember everything.

It saves misunderstandings.

Did you go to the cottage tonight?|Don't think about it.

- Yes.|- Yes.

Yes.

Mind if I sit down?

I've been away for a month.|I wanted to look her up.

You ever discuss|your work with her?

- Of course not.|- Um, how about a gun?

- Any guns?|- A gun?

A gun from that museum of yours...

liberated from a captured U-boat|along with the code books, the captain's|teddy bear and what have you.

All very improper and unsigned for,|but I turned a blind eye.

But no reason why you should know,|a chap like you.

Mind if I check the coat?

While we're at it--

- You sure you don't mind?|- I'm beginning to.

You see my point, though,|don't you?

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