‘Excuse me,’ he said. ‘The Ashes. I’ve got them. They were stolen by those white robots a moment ago. I’ve got them in this bag. They were part of the Key to the Slo-Time envelope, you see, and, well, anyway you can guess the rest, the point is I’ve got them and what should I do with them?’ The policeman told him, but Arthur could only assume that he was speaking metaphorically.
