25th October 1957

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A HUGE SCANDAL has just broken in the papers about Brighton CID. I believe it was even in The Times. The Chief Constable and a detective inspector are in the dock, charged with conspiracy. The details are shady at the moment, but no doubt they involve these men making mutually agreeable deals with various lowlifes of the type found in the Bucket of Blood. I have to say, my heart lifted when I saw the headline in the Argus: CHIEF CONSTABLE AND 2 OTHERS ACCUSED – at last, our boys in blue are the ones facing social disgrace and possibly imprisonment – but it sank when I realised what this might mean for my policeman. Ordinary, honest members of the force will, I'm sure, have to pay for their bosses' misdemeanours. Lord knows what pressures they'll be under now.

But there's nothing I can do about all this. I just have to wait for him to come back. That's all I have to do. 

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