- Things have been rather quiet, particularly from Scotland Yard.
- Things will pick up, Clarence. They always do.
- It's funny, he started calling it "our business" now instead of just "her business." And I think it's because he feels he's put so much into it now that it is the two of them.
- Eliza has a huge amount of fondness for Clarence. They've grown to really respect one another. And you get a sense that they're almost like a little double act. I'll meet you back at the office first thing. If you don't show up, I'll send another search party. How does that sound?
- Unsatisfactory. He was a much more timid person. He was just wanting to stick to the books. He'd just come outta prison, which I think had probably traumatized him quite a lot. I had to buy five rounds of the roughest whiskey for the whole pub. That is the only reason I'm still alive.
- Well, thank you for your effort.
- Now, I think, he feels a bit braver. Eliza's brought that out of him. She's given him more of a sense of adventure. She's made him believe in himself more. Have you fallen out with the Inspector?
- Not at all.
- Just seemed rather officious and to the point.
- It's better to make him a client of mine and that's how I am with clients.
- No, you're not.
- Well, I shall be from now on. You wonder whether they might also finish each other's sentences. They're so different, but I think that's also part of why they love each other so much that they find one another quite amusing. Certainly Eliza does towards Clarence, but she trusts him. I think there is a line when she says, "I trust Clarence with my life as well as my ledgers." So she couldn't do this without him anymore.
- Still, I'd be a lot happier if you told me everything you were doing.
- Oh, would you?
- No, on second thought, let's leave things as they are.
