"Sorry if I seem to drift off - usually I would
have my nose in a book at this time in the evening."

"Me too. So don`t worry about it."

"I just realized what Agatha Christie meant about
the relationship between Poirot and Hastings, and it
would also apply to Holmes and Watson, I think."

"Oh, yes?"

"Poirot tells Hastings that it is very useful for a
detective to have someone of a normal mindset nearby
during an investigation because a criminal usually will
try to deceive the majority, that is, attempt to fool
the average mentality."

"I see - so that must be why bad guys have this grim insistence
on mediocrity and are so determined to take down anybody
who strays from the herd, you know, from the herd-mind."

"Suppose so. Sad little parasites."

"Oh. What do you mean?"

"Just when they think they`re finally winning they lose
everything. Every time."

He shook his head, making his hair fall down over his
glasses. Then he smiled, just for a second. To acknowledge
the whimsical irony, she imagined.

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