Chapter 2.1: Investigations II
"Well, they weren't all dumped in the Thames," he said. Mahoney seemed neither rattled nor concerned by Walter's sudden change in disposition. He took it as a matter of course, going on in his sing song accent.
"When I said beaten to death, I meant it more as a turn o' phrase. Stabbed in the 'eart, I think is the theory o' how they were killed, though in some it mighta been tha other way 'round," he said.
"The first, well, let me see...I don't remember rightly. Some three years ago. This one in the article was just a couple days before tha new year this year. Since then, there haven't been any mar that I know 'f, other than tha one found yesterday," he said, pouring out another whiskey for himself and anyone else if they asked.
"As fer tha reward, if ye can do it, yer welcome to tha whole thing."