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‘There may not be time.’ Strax said, ‘to conduct a full surveillance regime according to prescribed regulations in order to formulate a coherent strategy of the best method to effect entry.’ ‘That’s true,’ Madame Vastra agreed. ‘So I suggest you simply break down this door.’

Strax gave a snort of amusement. ‘It is surely a very simple choice. One option is for a quiet life with honest work amongst other humans paying a living wage and with prospects of promotion within a distinguished household. The other... ‘ He drew himself up to his full height and looked up at them, ‘is the prospect of…

‘He ain’t my friend,’ Harry said. ‘Not no more, he ain’t.’ Strax leaned across to Jenny. ‘At what age do these cubs become grammatical?’ he demanded. ‘Depends,’ she told him. ‘At what age do Sontarans become pacifists?’

Madame Vastra and the others made their return to Paternoster Row by a circumspect route. Strax in particular was keen to intercept any individual he suspected might be following and forcibly remove a variety of their limbs and appendages. But Jenny prevailed upon him that most of the people he singled out were merely…

Strax slammed his fist into the open palm of his other hand. ‘At last,’ he pronounced. ‘We strike for the greater glory of the Sontaran Empire. Sontar-Ha!’ His brow furrowed slightly as he saw the others’ expressions. ‘That is. For the greater glory of Paternoster Row, of course. Pater-Nos-Ta!’

Once they were all settled, Madame Vastra assured Harry that she and the others were concerned only with his safety. ‘I may look strange and Strax here would frighten even the most lethargic cow, but we are your friends.’

The troll grunted something that ended with: ‘... after you.’ ‘That’s kind,’ Harry managed to say. The troll stared at him, lip curling slightly. ‘I said: “If you run I shall come after you.”’

‘Explain,’ the troll hissed. ‘Explain what? I was just...’ Harry pointed back the way he’d come. ‘Let me go, please, sir. I won’t breathe a word about what I seen. Not about you nor the dead body.’ ‘Explain the dead body,’ the troll said, shaking Harry so violently that his teeth rattled. ‘It’s a body,’ he said when he…