The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus
Cust-eh?" "That's right，sir.A sort of middle-aged bloke what's rather vague andsoft-and come down in the world a bit，I should say. Sort of creature who wouldn't hurt a fly you'd say-and I'd never ofdreamed of anything being wrong if it hadn't been for something rather odd." In a somewhat confused manner and repeating himself once or twice，Tomdescribed his encounter with Mr Cust at Euston Station and the incident ofthe dropped ticket. "You see，sir，look at it how you will，it's funny like.Lily-that's myyoung lady，sir-she was quite positive that it was Cheltenham he said，andher mother says the same-says she remembers distinct talking about it themorning he went off.Of course，I didn't pay much attention to it at the
The Birth of Venus
time.Lily-my young lady-said as how she hoped he wouldn't cop it from this AB C fellow going to Doncaster-and then she says it's rathre a coincidencebecause he was down Churston way at the time of the last crime.Laughing like，I asks her whether he was at Bexhill the time before，and she says she don'tknow where he was.but he was away at the seaside-that she does know.And thenI said to her it would be odd if he was the A B C himself and she said poorMr Cust wouldn't hurt a fly-and that was all at the time.
The Birth of Venus