Chapter Three
Tasha, of course, made herself scarce just when he wanted her. That or she was ignoring his attempts at attracting her attention, which was possible. The serpents could not locate her either, and Konrad soon gave up. Tasha could wait.
He and Nanda went straight to Nuritov. Konrad judged it their best course of action; they would benefit from having the Inspector’s visible presence and support if they wanted to visit the two condemned men.
Konrad also thought it high time that he introduced his two friends to one another. Being able to number his friends in the plural felt odd, but good, and he felt a need to somehow cement the agreeable situation by making them known to one another. Particularly if they were to be united, for a time, in investigating the strange cases of S
