The Silent and the Damned. Robert Thomas Wilson

that will convince Juez Calderón that we have a case. We know Sr Vega was burning things at the bottom of the garden. What does that imply to you?’

      ‘He was getting rid of things in preparation for something.’

      ‘They were personal things, letters and photographs, and they caused him great distress.’

      ‘So he didn’t want them discovered. He was hiding them and now…’

      ‘If you were Sr Vega and you wanted to hide something, where would you put it?’

      ‘In my territory – either here in my study or in the butcher’s room.’