The Ming Poodle: Chapter XV

Ben Hansen

After a couple of hours on hold, they finally got through to the manager of the Train Station on the phone.
"Do you know of a train called the Orwent Express?" asked Ben.
"No, but I know of the Orwent Train Station," said the manager.
"Where is it?" asked Hugh on the other phone that ran off the same line (I forget the word).
"In Orwent, you stupid git," said the manager not unkindly.
"How do we get to Orwent?" asked Ben.
"You catch the express train on the Orwent line."
"The Orwent express?"
"No, the express to Orwent."
"Ah. Of course."Ben hung up. Hugh breathed heavily down the phone to the manager, then hung up as well.
"So, what to we do?" Asked Ben. "Surely we can think of something else to do while we wait for the train..."
"Yeah, we can look at all these documents and see if they give us any more clues as to why Craper was meeting Neil and why he ran out on Buttes with the Ming Poodle. Hey, do you think we can have the Poodle as our payment when we're done?" Hugh screeched awkwardly.
"Yeah. I can just see that. 'Oh, Hugh and Ben, as payment for rescuing the Poodle, you can have it.' You idiot."
"shut up and lets look at Craper's past. I also want to have some idea of who Buttes is before the end of the next reply," Hugh said, brandishing the police files.
"Ok, you read up on Craper, I'll do Buttes," Ben enthusiastically agreed.