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35. The return to the station

After reassuring Mr Knight that there will be a policeman outside to guard his shop until the auction, Laura and Peter go back to the police station. They talk about the case on the way.

Laura: It seems like the painting was right.

Peter: It’s incredible. Do you think it will help prevent more crimes?

Laura: Yes. I think so. But, there is a bigger mystery than that.

Peter: Who painted it?

Laura: Not exactly. I’m not really interested in who painted the picture, but in how they knew that the crimes would happen.

Peter: Do you think that it could be a reformed criminal? A criminal who discovered his love of painting?

Laura: Something like that is possible… It’s definitely someone who has access to information.

Peter: Nevertheless, it’s someone choosing to give us the information. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have hung it in a museum.

Laura: And that’s the biggest mystery of all. Why would they paint it?