The Casebook of Ravelston Dykes

RAVELSTON DYKES AND NICK THE CABBY ARE SITTING IN THE DINING ROOM OF A HOTEL WHEN RAVELSTON STARTS REMINISCING ON HOW THEY FIRST MET.   RAVELSTON HAS BEEN EARNING FREE BOARD AND LODGINGS BY SPENDING HIS DAYS POSING AS THE PHILIP MARLOWE EXHIBIT IN THE COMELY BANK WAXWORKS DUE TO THEIR PREVIOUS EXHIBITS MELTING IN THE HEATWAVE OF 2006.  AS HE DONNED THE OUTFIT WHILST THE WAX WAS STILL WET, IT HAS NOW STUCK FIRMLY TO HIS PERSON.   HE IS LEFT A SIZEABLE SUM OF MONEY BY A [...]