by John Glover
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Episode 19: "Yaxley Farcett Imposes Himself" (May 18th 1998 4.20pm)

As the foul taste of the 'fancy' began to ebb, Yaxley realised that he had better start asking some serious questions. After all, he had four suspects in the kitchen with him. Just as he was about to assert himself, Daisy Worthington beat him to the punch, as she seemed to have a habit of doing.

As the foul taste of the 'fancy' began to ebb, Yaxley realised that he had better start asking some serious questions. After all, he had four suspects in the kitchen with him. Just as he was about to assert himself, Daisy Worthington beat him to the punch, as she seemed to have a habit of doing. 'So, Detective Farcett. I suppose you've come down here to find out what we were all doing when young Dixon got iced this morning ?' she said with a mocking tone. She had watched 'Starsky and Hutch' in the seventies and thought that people actually spoke like that. 'Well, Yes. I was actually' replied Yaxley, already annoyed that the old woman had taken the wind out of his sails yet again. 'I wonder if you could all account for your movements this morning at eight o'clock ?' Daisy elected to answer first; 'I was in here getting the breakfast ready. They all come in at half past for a proper cooked breakfast, don't you boys ? I was standing at the window rinsing out some pans when the land blew up. Next thing I knew, Clunch was rushing in here to use the telephone. That were the first I knew about it'.

Yaxley had expected little else. He turned to Brian, his new friend and partner. 'Brian. What about you ?' he asked as delicately as he could, already aware of Brian's sensitive nature. Brian pursed his lips like a dim contestant on Mastermind who hasn't got a clue but waits a respectable length of time before saying 'pass'. They're the ones who slap their legs and shout 'Ooooh, of COURSE !' a little too loudly when given the correct answer. Eventually he replied, "Hmm. Eight o'clock...Let's see. I was in your room, Yaxley. Watching 'The Big Breakfast'. Farcett stared at him. Bearing in mind their earlier TV watching conversation, he found it hard to credit that Brian was actually gatecrashing his room at breakfast time to watch his set. 'Blimey, Brian. What time did you get up ?' Brian was abashed. 'I'll come clean, Yaxley. Since your room has been empty I've been living in there all the time. It’s better than my room. I woke up at half past seven and put the telly straight on. The only reason I was out of the room when you arrived was because I'd gone back to my room down the hall to fetch the Radio Times'. Yaxley made a mental note to go out and buy Brian a cheap second hand TV at the earliest opportunity. He then turned his attention onto Daisy Worthington's son and Grandson.

'And you two?'

John spoke for them both. 'We were both over in Ealham at eight o'clock. We went over to Pratt's the Ironmongers for some bits for the potato shaker. Thought we'd do that and get back in time for Mother's fry up. When we got back here all hell had broken loose'. Yaxley was making a note of the times when a thought occurred to him. Turning back to John Worthington, he said 'And your wife ? Is she around ? I need to eliminate her from my inquiries' Yaxley couldn't be sure, but he thought he heard Daisy Worthington suppress a laugh by hastily disguising it as a cough after hearing him use such a cliché. 'You can speak to her if you like. She's probably got her head stuck in a book. She's doing some research for some daft village do she's organised in a couple of weeks time. Just go upstairs and bang on the door'.

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