[Mr. X approaches Potter on a street corner, demoted to shoe shine after failing to protect Colonel Hawke-Englishe from being killed by an exploding ball at a cricket match]
Busy, Potter?
It's our form of Siberia.
What was the colonel up to?
Doctor Schnips. Crazy scientist. For the last twenty-six years, he's been building a super-rocket to destroy London.
Where?
Well, that's just what the colonel was about to find out.
[A tone from the shoe shine box sounds, indicating an incoming call.]
Excuse me. [muttering] Ridiculous.
[Potter puts the shoe brush to his ear to answer it, listens for a few moments]
Thanks.
Where do I start?
You're to go to the Magnum Record Shop, booth seven. The Chief will speak to you there.
Chin up, Potter.
It was so damned unsporting!
It certainly wasn't cricket.
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