R.D. Wingfield - Second Sight

Police Sergeant Jarvis, on the telephone, says "Keep looking for him. The superintendent is going berserk, and I don't want excuses. Yeah hold on, Inspector Ford?" He says "Yeah?" Jarvis says "It's all right, forget it. I found him". Ford says "You want me Sergeant?" Jarvis says "I want to know where the hell have you been? We've had the search parties out". Ford says "I popped home for a few minutes. I wanted to see how my wife was". Jarvis says "Ah, you pregnant fathers, and it wasn't a few minutes it was over an hour". Ford says "Sorry sergeant, here have a cigar in anticipation of the happy event. I should have told you I was going. I kept getting this nagging feeling something was going to go wrong". Jarvis says "Well, something has gone wrong. There was a break in at Lord Crombie's. The superintendent's been asking where the hell you were, and, oh, there's a bloke waiting to see you in your office". Ford says "At 1:00 in the morning? Who is he?" Jarvis says "His name's Marlo". Ford says "Never heard of him. Who's covering the Crombie robbery?" Jarvis says "Well as you weren't here, his lordship had to be satisfied with a mere Detective Sergeant. I sent Young Clark". Ford says "Oh well, for a sergeant he's capable". Jarvis says "And he doesn't sneak home every 5 minutes to see his wife. The superintendent wants you to phone him right away". Ford says "I'll do it from my office. What did you say this bloke's name was?" Jarvis says "Marlo, and, by the way, he said he was a clairvoyant".