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His friends say that they never went into Mrs. Johnson’s drawer. He believes them. He asks another friend who walks buy. One did see miss Parton take Mrs. Johnson’s purse to the canteen one day at lunch, two days after confiscation. Who witnessed the confiscation? Prout, Hartley, Wedderburn. His brother walkes up and scolds him and teases him about writing poetry. They fight and Joe says it’s private.

Oh, I wonder if he went on a date with Harriet, “the one young woman who showed no signs of yielding to him.” Ginger Joe gets out of bed in the middle of the night. He writes a report late at night because it’s the only time for privacy. He’s writing in an old composition book for English class. He wrote in the style of Sexton Blake and he tried to ignore his spelling. Joe is 14.5 years old. He writes his report.

He called PD to find out what was in the letter. She had forwarded a note from Dian. She did not give Dian his address which was smart. He instructs PD to make him sound mysterious and always on the go. He’s like a yellow-dog dingo, always on the run and hard to catch. Didn’t Diana have hunting dogs? He promises to tell her more when he knows more. After hanging up, he hopes she can keep her head on straight.

It came from the manufacturer, Darling’s, or Pym’s. Half a gross were sent out for testing since they have a special propelling mechanism. LPW deduces that DB was the target, not Charlie. The assailant saw him get mail for Box 4 and clocked Charlie. The name on the letter was PD. He wonders if one of the twenty people he talked to about using catapults on the roof at the tea party is the assailant.

LPW narrates an incident from Ginger’s detective book. He tells Parker to suck it up. Parker rules out men who might have done it. The only evidence is a Darling’s pencil which LPW wishes to see. That is when he realizes the letter is gone. One can’t buy these pencils because the stores give them away. Pym manages their ads. The reward system works like Greenbacks. This particular pencil is not in the pipeline.

He walks up stairs in the dark but his spidey senses are on the alert. He is attacked in the dark and the result is a broken left collarbone. He fights back but is knocked to the ground. The fall woke up Lady Mary, who checked on the baby, heard steps heading down, and grabs a revolver. She opens the door to see her husband on the ground. Later, he tells her she should have looked out the window.

He goes home to his flats (his bachelor flat and the one on the floor above him which he rented after he married). Before going up, he grabs the evening mail which arrives at 9:30 PM! When LPW assumed his new identity, he started using the mailbox for the upper floor. Parker gave him the key and he put Bredon on the box. In it, was a dainty missive with feminine writing and gilt-edges. The light bulb did not turn on.

Ch. 6 BD’s bil of Scotland Yard had a boring day at the office doing loads of paperwork and taking a call about mysterious boat operations near Essex. He decides to stay at work and wait for the 1 am call rather than be pulled out of bed.

Ginger runs off. DB goes to his office and then dons gentlemanly clothing that the cleaning lady notices when he walks to the lift. Another comment about decent. Change of identity again back to LPW. There’s a coment that as LPW has no idea who put the lesser lights (neon signs) to rule the night sky.

DB lets Ginger reasonito figure out a theory. DB asks who had access to her drawer and who saw her put the catapult in it. Ginger turns pale once he puts the dots together. He asks Ginger to inquire quietly to find out who knew about the catapult (Ginger says he can pretend the elastic is ruined) and who had no alibi for the murder. He’s asked if he’s Scotland yard. No, but he can put in a good word for his brother.