:49:02
Ann and l used to play when we were little.
Now she plays it with Bunny.
:49:06
Odd how the most improbable things
suddenly seem quite reasonable.
:49:10
Then youd agree with me shed scarcely
buy playthings for a nonexistent child?
:49:15
Nonexistent? Did l say that?
:49:18
You suggested to her perhaps
Bunnys things were never in the apartment.
:49:22
You also asked her for a list of everyone
who had seen the child.
:49:25
Yes, l did want that.
:49:26
Then find the conductor and passengers
on the 13 bus that left Frogmore End...
:49:30
around 9:15 this morning...
:49:32
and stopped at Finchley Road tube station
and let Ann and Bunny off.
:49:35
Passengers are difficult to trace,
and bus conductors are rarely observant.
:49:39
They tend to be dreamers, philosophers,
that sort of thing.
:49:42
Self-protection, l suppose.
:49:43
Youre not going to check it out?
:49:45
We have checked every bus
that passed Frogmore End...
:49:48
between 8:45 and 9:30 this morning.
:49:50
The fact that none of the conductors can
recall our mother and child is not unusual.
:49:55
Neither does it invalidate your sisters
statement that she was on board.
:49:59
However, l think weve found something
of greater importance...
:50:02
-and ld like your views on it.
-Well?
:50:04
Weve been through all the records
of every child entered for this nursery...
:50:08
during this past year.
:50:10
Weve also been through the receipt
for all checks paid for fees in advance.
:50:15
Were Bunnys fees paid for in advance?
:50:18
Yes, for the first month.
:50:20
-ln currency?
-No, a check.
:50:22
And the entrance form, was that sent back?
:50:24
-Yes, l mailed it in with the check.
-You did?
:50:27
My sister was still in America.
:50:29
-Besides, l--
-Besides?
:50:31
l always take care of these things for her.
:50:34
Can you give us any idea
of when it was sent?
:50:37
l can give you more than an idea.
:50:43
Here it is: Little Peoples Garden.
L9 and nine shillings.
:50:49
Sent two weeks ago. Satisfied?
:50:52
lm afraid, Mr. Lake, theres no record
of that ever having been received.
:50:56
The childs name is nowhere in our records.
:50:58
What a convenient discovery.
Just at the right time, too.