(Part 2)
Mighty Murgatroyd's Bar... Down near the quay (harbor dock area).
Sir Tommy 'Shure-Lock' Ohms and Johnny Watts Jr. finished another round. Yes!
Their usual... 'Blue Bolts' and 'Green Foggs'. Their most favored of all drinks here, or anywhere.
"Tommy, you really think there is a Sky Visitor... a craft - and a Being - from beyond Earth, coming and going?"
Ohms: "Well... It does seem far-fetched, does it not, Johnny? But a well-balanced mind, a scientific type of mind,
must always be open... to any possibility, no matter how strange it would seem at first consideration of deep-thought!"
Madame Lissette Beaufort de Chatelaine made a rare visit, to say a quick 'Hello'. Shure-Lock was one of her favorite customers.
Tommy stood up, took her right hand in his, and kissed it tenderly. Then he looked into her diamond, ice-blue eyes, and spoke:
"A rare pleasure it is, to have you grace our booth table... Madame. I trust you are well. And your establishment as well?"
Lissette: "Certainly... And always a pleasure for you and Johnny to come by and leave me a few sovereigns richer...
Are you on the case... of the Middleton 'Phantom'? One of my serving girls was accosted just the other night."
Tommy (Ohms): "Oh, My! Yes... I am on the Case. Which girl? May I have a talk with her... Soon?"
Lissette: "Of course... Come to my office... Upstairs. In 5-minutes time. She'll be there."
Ohms bowed slightly... as Lisette turned and moved away. She did not walk... More graceful a motion. Magical.
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"Is there anything else... You can remember, about The Visitor, Miss Brown?" asked Ohms, pacing Lissette's small office.
"No, Sir... All I've told you... Is all I know. I hope it is of some help to you." The brunette serving girl bowed, then returned to the bar.
A moment later, Ohms said something he seldom ever let out... "Ah... The Hunt is on. That, it surely is!"
Lissette and Johnny looked at each other, the same 'What gives' expression on both of their faces. Oh, yes.
(To be continued...)