Sentence The Sixhundredandeleventh

 

After Teri left, and Jasmine returned, again making use of the easement which the tunnel under the neighbouring cottages provided – deemed essential by the Service to avoid the occupation of their own, rather nondescript headquarters from being identified, although Sam was pretty certain in his own mind that everyone in Darnick probably knew of it's existence – Sam produced the string which he had already tied by one end to an empty can (Campbell's Scotch Broth) and he proceeded to push

the other end into the hole in Karla's soft body; they waited; and waited; Sam drank two double Laphroaigs while Jasmine drank Jasmine tea, followed by a vodka and soda; Sam doubted whether his emolument from the Service would stretch to another bottle of Laphroaig this week; and waited; "it's four hours since he took the note, but for all we know a month may have passed for him, which is why we need to be able to establish that we are in the same Time Zone as it were," he said, his words dropping like icicles into Jasmine's heart and she could imagine a pundit on television discoursing on how the Service was renowned for wasting it's time on 'wild-goose chases' or 'fishing expeditions which never brought home a decent trout' and was beginning to think about switching on the lights when she noticed Sam's hand jerk, and the length of unwound string begin to disappear into the Teddy Bear; Sam beamed, jumped to his feet, pulled Jasmine into his embrace and kissed her with an undisguised fervour; despite her moral code which had prevented her from fully entering the undercover identities she had assumed for the Service, as a Pole Dancer and street prostitute, while reporting on the comings and goings in the Burke and Hare, Jasmine was so excited by the prospect of making direct contact with Tavish through the Moth-hole, the possibility of hearing his voice and perhaps those of Bernie and Tammy, and little Lolly, that she returned Sam's kisses with as much fervour, not caring where this sudden display of affection and sexual desire might lead!