Barnes the cleaners Totnes.

early midsomer morning he sat

black coffee marmalade toast

then a drop on the mat .

" we need your help,

your expertise "

read the note as he grabbed his keys.

 

he joined C I Richards on riverside walk

on dappled sunlit bench they sat to talk,

" five break ins with theft, the people need hope,

our only solution was Augustus Rope "

 

he could see the unseen and think out the box,

with razor sharp wit and as quick as a fox

" no clue shall be missed I'll assure you of that "

But without his glasses he's blind as a bat .

 

"Say that again ! no clues left behind "?

" no prints no hairs at the scene of the crime " ?

" a faint smell of Jasmine certainly no dust"

with a smile he proclaimed " it's came to me just"

 

after ducking their heads to pass Christmas streamers.

Rope said to Richards

" they're professional cleaners ".

 

Done