Now You See Me (45 page)

N
o-
on
e
wa
s
particularl
y
surprise
d
whe
n
I
resigne
d
an
d
decide
d
t
o
ge
t
awa
y
fro
m
everythin
g,
thoug
h
i
t
mad
e
Alastai
r
miserabl
e
unti
l
I
tol
d
hi
m
h
e
coul
d
visi
t
m
e
whe
n
I
wa
s
settle
d.
Mic
k
eve
n
wante
d
t
o
giv
e
m
e
a
farewel
l
part
y
o
f
sort
s,
bu
t
I
tol
d
hi
m
I
couldn’
t
fac
e
i
t.I
slippe
d
ou
t
o
f
th
e
countr
y
withou
t
tellin
g
anyon
e
wha
t
fligh
t
I
wa
s
o
n
.

Ther
e
i
s
onl
y
on
e
obstacl
e
no
w
standin
g
i
n
th
e
wa
y
o
f
m
y
perfec
t
safet
y,
an
d
tha
t
wil
l
soo
n
b
e
remove
d.
Alastai
r
hasn’
t
ye
t
pu
t
an
y
o
f
hi
s
spyin
g
observation
s
togethe
r
t
o
for
m
a
patter
n—
perhap
s
h
e
neve
r
wil
l.
Bu
t
h
e
coul
d.
H
e
ha
s
i
t
i
n
hi
s
powe
r
t
o
rui
n
m
e
i
f
h
e
eve
r
realise
d.
Ther
e
migh
t
hav
e
bee
n
night
s
whe
n
h
e
coul
d
testif
y
I
wa
s
no
t
a
t
th
e
clini
c,
despit
e
th
e
altere
d
record
s
I
lef
t
ther
e,
night
s
whe
n
perhap
s
h
e
coul
d
trac
e
m
y
movement
s
t
o
Diana’
s
fla
t,
eve
n
t
o
th
e
place
s
wher
e
I
me
t
th
e
childre
n.
Ther
e
migh
t
com
e
a
tim
e
whe
n
hi
s
vei
l
o
f
besottednes
s
lift
s
an
d
h
e
wonder
s
abou
t
th
e
coincidenc
e
o
f
m
y
frien
d
Padd
y
i
n
priso
n
an
d
m
y
love
r
To
m
a
desperat
e
suicid
e
.

Nex
t
mont
h
he’
s
comin
g
t
o
Londo
n
t
o
sta
y
wit
h
m
e.I
hav
e
take
n
a
month’
s
leav
e
fro
m
th
e
hospita
l—a
deat
h
i
n
th
e
famil
y,
will
s
an
d
propert
y
t
o
b
e
sorte
d
ou
t.
Th
e
Frenc
h
understan
d
thes
e
thing
s.
The
y
alread
y
thin
k
m
y
occasiona
l
weekend
s
i
n
Englan
d
hav
e
bee
n
t
o
visi
t
m
y
sic
k
aun
t,
no
w
th
e
trip
s
wil
l
b
e
explaine
d
b
y
th
e
fla
t
I
hav
e
inherite
d
a
t
he
r
deat
h
.

Alastai
r
an
d
I
wil
l
hav
e
a
goo
d
tim
e
fo
r
a
wee
k
o
r
s
o,
I’l
l
mak
e
sur
e
o
f
tha
t;
h
e
wil
l
b
e
happ
y
an
d
believ
e
w
e
hav
e
a
futur
e
a
t
las
t—
h
e
ha
s
alread
y
talke
d
o
f
lookin
g
fo
r
a
jo
b
i
n
Londo
n
whe
n
hi
s
residenc
y
i
s
ove
r—
bu
t
h
e
forfeite
d
hi
s
futur
e
whe
n
I
realise
d
h
e
wa
s
stil
l
watchin
g
m
e
.

W
e
wil
l
g
o
t
o
Switzerlan
d
t
o
sk
i,I
hav
e
promise
d
hi
m
tha
t,
an
d
h
e
wil
l
neve
r
com
e
bac
k—
a
n
unfortunat
e
acciden
t
t
o
th
e
youn
g
foreig
n
docto
r,
whil
e
drun
k.
H
e
wil
l
no
t
realise tha
t
I
hav
e
registere
d
unde
r
a
fals
e
nam
e
a
t
th
e
sk
i
lodg
e—I
wil
l
tak
e
car
e
tha
t
h
e
doesn’
t—
an
d
n
o-
on
e
wh
o
matter
s
ca
n
pu
t
u
s
togethe
r,
anywa
y
.

Afterward
s
I
wil
l
joi
n
Gisell
e
i
n
Pari
s.
Sh
e
wil
l
b
e
solicitou
s
an
d
gentl
e
wit
h
m
e,
jus
t
returnin
g
fro
m
m
y
belove
d
aunt’
s
funera
l.
Sh
e
wil
l
sooth
e
m
e
a
s
sh
e
know
s
ho
w,
wit
h
he
r
particula
r
Frenc
h
sensitivit
y,
an
d
we’l
l
retur
n
t
o
Marseille
s
togethe
r.
The
n
I’l
l
sto
p
takin
g
th
e
sedative
s
t
o
giv
e
m
e
slee
p.
The
n
I
wil
l
le
t
th
e
demon
s
com
e
agai
n
.