...and yes I know what that 'comment' was all about now...and it wasn't just cholera, was it? although that had been the main issue...not with a fever like that....although whether it was to do with the bone cancer etc etc...or just a secondary infection etc etc...anyway, the next problem was a certain Christmas party at the oval...and a very sinister voice breezing through CF...."lisa says that you and gill are going to spoil it for me and I'm not going to let you do that"...hmmm...let me take you back to Malcolm's sitting room....Robert could remember having been cattle-prodded in that corner....Andrew can remember stealing one of the books...it was a record of who Malcolm had cattle-prodded, when and why....all encoded, of course...it was taken to zielinski, who had realised that somebody was employing similar 'copycat techniques' in terms of brainwashing...outside of the old knoll...."outside of royal services" replies BI ONLINE....and so what happened next?...I do not know....all I know is that Malcolm was to recruit the young Tomlinson (about 10 years older than ourselves)...."he's a real turk!"...to be his main assistant during his 'magic' stunts...performances....whilst little lisa and CF were his 'glove puppets'...he used to stuff his hands up the back of their jumpers...and so yes, that is where 'EMU' had begun...the two children used to love 'performing' with him....go figure.