"It came as such a shock. I saw him just the other day and he was perfectly fine -- it's so dreadful how quickly things can change--"

"We have no motive at all for the murder, so we're trying to speak to everyone Mr. Way talked to in the days before the killing. What was your business with Mr. Way?"

"Well, it was actually about -- it's an awful topic, I hate to say it -- about the case of Alexander Roby. The asylum's trying to determine whether he's recovered from his insanity."

"And did William Way know Mr. Roby?"

"They used to be friends. William was the one who found the bodies -- but presumably the police know more than me about all that."

"And now Mr. Roby might be released from the asylum?"

"Might. They've asked some members of his community to consult on whether his remaining peculiarities are symptoms of a diseased mind or just, well, the habits of an eccentric intellectual. And we also talked some about Roby's friends."

"Did Mr. Way seem... distressed or preoccupied in any way?"

"...Well. I didn't put much stock in it at the time. But he told me he'd had a vision of his own death."

"What do you mean?"

"He said -- he was reading a book -- and then suddenly he had a clear vision of himself in the park, and in that vision he was being killed. By a... a tall man with a sharp face, I think."

Detective Inspector Taylor says, "can you describe the man further?"

"That's all he told me. He said the man told him to keep still, and then he felt a sharp pain and fell, and then -- and then it was over. I didn't know what that meant. I thought he was just anxious. I still don't really know. Did he... did he know something might happen? Was he trying to warn me? Was that... oh, god, was that a cry for help?"

"I don't know," Detective Inspector Taylor says. "But the newsboy who was on the scene says that Mr. Way was killed by a tall man with a sharp face."

"They must have known each other. It can't have really been... but why would he... you know, the strangest thing is that he told me it happened while he was reading a book with Roby. Said it was the strangest interaction with him he'd ever had. And that had to be over two years ago. But why would he connect it with Roby if it wasn't related?"

"I don't know," he says, troubled. "If you see a man of this description-- if he bothers you-- please hail a constable."

"I will not hesitate to do so."

Detective Inspector Taylor has some more questions but most of them establish what Sal has already said.

At the end of this Sal will thank the officer and take his leave.

--Before he leaves, he makes sure to ask if the officer knows where Chu Chu is.

He doesn't, but they're going to track her down soon, it's not like she's hiding.

And then Sal runs in to a single besotted lovebird.

Jing Yi is doing his best to a) not look rumpled and b) not look like he's surrounded in a cloud of love hearts, and is only mostly succeeding.

Raised eyebrow at his general state. "Learn anything about Roby?"

"Well, I learned about Graham Roby, for example that he really believes that his brother did the murders, that he hates Nigel Smith, and also he wants me to look at the police report. He's probably just trying to scare me off with that report, but it does probably contain useful information."

"On the subject of brothers, I've just spoken to William Way's. And then to the cops. Because Mr. Way is dead."