The guard Bill said: "You wake up and set there for a minute staring at the chief. Then you take
something out of that drawer and get up. You say you're going to take his temperature. You're half to him
before we see what you got. I shout, 'Not with that you don't!' Jack grabs you. Then you went crazy.
And I had to slam you. That's all."
I nodded again. I took out of my pocket the knotcord of woman's pale hair, held it over a dish and
touched a match to it. It began to burn, writhing like a tiny snake as it did so, the complex knots untying
as the flame touched them. I dropped the last inch of it upon the plate and watched it turn to ash.
"I think there'll be no more trouble tonight," I said. "But keep up your watch just as before."
I dropped back into the chair and closed my eyes…
Well, Braile had not shown me a soul, but-I believed in Madame Mandilip.