Frenzy Page #2

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A little birdie told me,

and my little birdies are reliable.

Thanks again, Bob.

- Don't forget, Bob's your uncle.

- Good morning, Mr Rusk.

Hello, Sergeant. What's new?

Not much. But this necktie fellow's

giving them a bit of a headache.

Can't seem to get a line on him.

- Have you tried advertising?

- Funny! You're one for the birds.

Ask 'em all if they've ever had

a near miss with a bloke like that.

- Or if any of their girlfriends have.

- Sure.

Mind you, half of them haven't got

their heads screwed on right,

let alone knowing when

they've been screwed off.

Have you met my friend Dick B...

Funny fella.

- Don't worry. I'll ask around.

- Thanks, Mr Rusk.

A large brandy.

- What're you gonna have, Doctor?

- A pint and some cheese'll do me fine.

Let me order us a hot lunch.

We've plenty of time.

- Hello, Mr Usher.

- What's good today, Maisie?

Stick to the shepherd's, I would.

Right. That's two shepherd's pies, please.

And two pints.

I see our necktie murderer's

been up to it again.

I saw the newspaper headlines

as we came away from the court.

I wouldn't envy any medical man

giving evidence at that trial.

- Why not?

- Surely it's easier in these days of...

legally diminished responsibility.

In many cases you may be right.

But not here.

The man who's killing these women

is a criminal, sexual psychopath.

And the legal profession has never

really known how to treat them.

l suppose

you could call them social misfits.

We were just talking about

the tie murderer, Maisie.

- You better watch out.

- He rapes 'em first, doesn't he?

Yes, I believe he does.

I suppose it's nice to know

every cloud has a silver lining.

Oh!

On the surface, in casual conversation

they appear as ordinary, likable adult fellows.

But emotionally they remain

as dangerous children,

who may revert to primitive,

subhuman conduct at any moment.

- Large brandy.

- You mean they'll kill at any time,

- just as the mood takes them?

- Exactly.

And, being governed by the pleasure principle,

they're particularly dangerous when

their desires are being frustrated.

- Are you deaf?

- I distinctly said a large brandy.

There's scarcely enough in that

to cover the bottom.

Actually, make it a triple.

l wonder if the police have got

any sort of line on this fellow.

Oh, I shouldn't think so.

With psychopaths there's

usually no linking motive.

Let's hope he slips up soon.

ln one way, l rather hope he doesn't.

Well, we haven't had a good, juicy

series of sex murders since Christie.

And they're so good for the tourist trade.

Foreigners expect the squares

of London to be fog-wreathed,

full of hansom cabs and littered

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