‘There goes the future Mrs Schaffer,’ he announced. ‘Bit tetchy and snappy, perhaps.’ He pondered. ‘But funny, I thought she was near crying at the end there.’ ‘Maybe you’d be tetchy and snappy and tearful if you’d been through what she’s been in the past two and a half years,’ Smith said sourly. ‘Maybe she’d be less tetchy and tearful if she knew a bit more about what’s going on.’ ‘I haven’t the time to explain everything to everybody.’ ‘You can say that again. Devious, boss. That’s the word for you.’
