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I get to drive, so we are going in the car. But there is just one thing, and it was Erik who saw it first, and now here I stand in the open doorway before leaving the house. Above, on each side and on the floor or the threshold. Red stains. Red. The colour of blood. "Who do you think did it?"" says Carl. "It can't have been an outside job", say I. "Look, the red marks are both outside and inside. It must have been someone here. But who?" "We should talk to everyone in the house", says Jesús. Carl looks at his watch and says, "We don't have time. If we leave now we can get there just ahead of the painters." "I can't imagine", say I , "That anyone here would do such a thing", as I walk over to the car. "Jesus", says Carl. "Yes. That dream I had last night..." "Next to me in the front seat Carl is on the phone with Francois. "Yeah, it looks like blood. You haven't seen it, yet Go have a look. Right now, please." "Who do you imagine did it", says Erik from the back, next to Jesús who appears to be on his very best behaviour. "Well, we are right now finding out who didn't do it" "Are they right there, now", says Carl. "Tell them to have a look...Does it look like blood to you. I don't know either." "This is all so very strange", says Jesús. "They don't know who did it either. Okay, talk to George and Jeffrey when you see them today. I'm pretty sure they had nothing to do with it, but maybe they can help us figure it out..."