We’re looking for this fish,’ he said. Wilson’s face fell. ‘I’m awfully sorry, but we ate it.’ ‘Um, no—’ ‘That’s the main reason we were cooking it, to be quite honest with you. I wish we’d known. Have you come a long way?’ Resaint explained that they weren’t looking for that fillet in particular, but for the species in general. ‘Oh! Well, I bought that fish from Gareth. He’s a fisherman, so you’d have to ask him precisely where he scooped it up, but in terms of what I can tell you, I’d say a ninety-nine per cent chance it was the sea. The one per cent is in case he acquired it by some other
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