Sentence
The Fourhundredandsixtieth
When the news that all enquiries and
charges relating to Ranulph Ochan'toshan OBE, friend of Royalty and
Race-horses, Prelates and Potentates, Old Etonians and Oiligarchs,
and the raid on his house in Bowden, had been dropped and an apology
for the distress caused him and his friends, who had been 'quietly
going about their lawful business' when the ''unwarranted invasion
took place,' was issued by the Chief Constable: it was like a
dog-whistle to the finely-tuned ears of the perceptive WPC Isa
Urquhart, who was explaining to Licinda (aka Lolly) the intricacies
of praemunire now that Britain (though not Scotland) had voted
narrowly to leave the European Union, and when Lolly asked: “if you
leave Europe, Isa, where will you go? can I come too?” and Isa
laughed, realising that there was truly no simple answer in the
megillah of Post-Modern Referendum Consequences, but seeing that
Lolly thought she was laughing at her question, Isa wiped a tear away
from the Romanian girl's cheek, noting how tactile the girl was and
that such an innocuous gesture instantly raised Licinda's spirits and
brought a smile to her face: “never you worry, sweetie, we're going
nowhere till those bastards are safely under lock and key; now where
was I?” and Licinda chipped in: “the Great
Statue of Praemunire 1393,
Isa, line 137,”
and grinned so proudly at this example of her own
incredible memory, that Isa didn't have the heart to correct her!
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