I got an accelerated sweat on and began rubbing my hands on my thighs. Constable Dhawan noticed this and looked at me with a note of disdain on her face. I looked down at my thigh and saw that the gloop from Lassoo that I had rubbed on there earlier had now dried and left a controversial stain. ‘It’s just dog saliva,’ I said, and then immediately regretted it as her expression turned to disgust.

