He and I, we're friends. Does that sound odd? Me, friends with a pinko journalist?'Nothing sounded odd to Lamb; except, perhaps, that people had friends.

Why am I telling you this?''So you'll have an excuse to kill me?''That's probably it.

We don’t like being out of the loop.”“You’re always out of the loop. The loop’s miles away. Nearest you’ll get to being in the loop is when they make a documentary about it and show it on the History Channel. I thought you were aware of that.

I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,” Catherine said.“And I’m sure he’s hard at work on my arse.” Lamb paused. “That didn’t work. Pretend I didn’t say it.