Meh, I've taken forever to respond to your reply. But accessing the Net at 100 yen per minute was ridiculously expensive. And I could never be sure whether my messages would appear in kanji or western alphabeticals. Most of my emails home turned up as weird fragmented puzzles, even when they started out whole when I was writing them.

But anywhoozle, thanks so much for your many kind and interesting replies, and glad you liked the ending.

I hope lovers of Hardman Doyle will forgive this single small tear which Ray inadvertently let slip at the end of their adventure. It is my opinion that, due to his prior craniofacial injuries, he may be medically prone to this complaint.

Much huggishness, and see you around the LJ.