‘Don't be a stranger, Scotty,’ Bennie said. He sounded bewildered, as if he'd forgotten how I had come to be there; as if he'd invited me himself and I were leaving prematurely.

As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.

[H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.

There be three kinds of reflections of sounds ; a reflection concurrent , a reflection iterant , which we call echo ; and a super-reflection , or an echo of an echo