Missy - Goes into Sherlock Holmes mode

Frond felt a wave of relief and fought the urge to tap his chin too. ‘Really? I was … I was just thinking that. We should call the station and –’

‘All I can see is a thirty-two-year-old dock worker with a wife, two children, a relatively serious gambling debt and a weak left lung.’ She cocked her head. ‘Nope – right lung. Sorry.’

Frond stared at her in amazement. ‘How can you tell all that?’

‘Medical knowledge,’ she said offhandedly. ‘Can diagnose a patient from a mile away.’

‘With gambling debt?’

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The Wintertime Paradox, Chapter 10