IMPERFECTION by Ray Clark
Author:Ray Clark [Clark, Ray]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: THE BOOK FOLKS best-selling crime fiction publishers
Published: 2019-12-15T06:00:00+00:00
Chapter Thirty-one
The atmosphere at the theatre was still grave when Paul Price met them at the stage door. âDo you have any idea when I can reopen?â he asked, testily.
âShouldnât be too long, Mr Price,â replied Gardener. âWe do have a few more people to interview.â
Priceâs expression showed his irritation. âSo, youâre not here to tell me itâs business as usual?â
âNo, weâre here to see Mr Fettle.â
âYou do realise how much this is costing me, donât you?â
âNot as much as Leonard White,â replied Gardener.
âHave you made any headway catching the lunatic responsible?â
âIt is a murder investigation.â Gardener turned to glance down the street. âAnd I would rather not discuss it on the doorstep, if you donât mind.â
Paul Price stepped to one side, allowing them down the stairs to where Fettle kept himself hidden. âTwo policemen to see you, Fettle. Though I canât think why.â
âI asked âem,â replied Fettle, once again invisible to the naked eye. When it became obvious that no one was going to speak until Price left, he grunted and did so, adding that he could be found in his office if needed.
âHeâs like a bear with a sore head. Youâve really upset him,â said Fettle, when he finally appeared.
âHeâs the least of our worries,â replied Reilly.
âYouâve not found him yet, then? Anyway, best come in and have a pot of tea.â
âTea is the last thing we need, Mr Fettle,â replied Gardener.
âIâm sure it is, but itâll do for starters.â Fettle drew them in and poured the tea from a recently boiled kettle. He then threw a book on the table, opened to a page which contained the photograph of a man Gardener had asked him about on a previous visit.
âInspector Burke of Scotland Yard,â Fettle proudly announced. âYou asked me if I knew him last time you were here.â
When Gardener realised he had been holding his breath, he still didnât speak, but turned to the front cover of the book. It was an old issue of Film Review. âWhere did you get this?â
âIâve had âem years. Been in that cupboard yonder.â Fettle pointed, but neither man bothered to see where.
âSo, which film does the photograph come from?â asked Gardener.
âLondon After Midnight,â replied Fettle.
âAnd what do you know about the film other than Inspector Burke?â
Fettle sat down and sipped his tea. âItâs a bit of a classic, maybe the most famous of all the lost films.â
Gardener suddenly thought back to what Corndell had told him about collecting lost films, wondering if he had it. More to the point, what hadnât Corndell told them? Had it been a cryptic clue, like those found with the bodies? He realised he was ahead of himself. Perhaps a lack of evidence on the case had forced him into thinking irrationally. âGo on.â
âItâs commonly known as the Holy Grail of archivists and film collectors throughout the world.â Fettle picked up a scrap of paper. âThe last known record of the film existing was in the 1950s. According to what Iâve found out, an MGM vault inventory from 1955 shows the print being stored in Vault 7.
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