<strong> brandy and darkness</strong><br/><br/>The inspector carried on and gave a nod to Charlotte and Cooper as he headed towards the house. “Why I took up her invitation I will never know…” Once inside the house the inspector took the offered brandy though certainly he would rather have taken the numbness of the pipe so he might find a little more and then fall to the oblivion of the embrace of the dragon.<br/><br/>Speaking quietly in the drawing room the inspector took Mark to one side as he drank the brandy and then another. “Things are getting dark in London and I think will become darker…I seriously think the Yard would appreciate your help. “ There was a pause “Here too I think there is trouble brewing… perhaps we can meet later?” For some reason the young man trusted the doctor though even now he saw the shadows encroaching on him. "Perhaps a little investigation?"<br/>