The game's afoot, my dear Watson! Offhand, I would say, Gloria is known to respond to posts on Goanet, and could even be a regular frequenter of this dubious website. Calls US numbers casually, especially if ordered to (as happens on such sites). Has a reward on her head, either for herself if she calls the number given or, I hope, for anyone who tips off the seeker (this may entail a prolonged negotiation involving terms like paypal, wise, bank transfers etc. and go on to some graphic conversation, one side of which has lines like, "$500 is peanuts, buddy!" "How high are you willing to go?" Let's say $1500 then?" "Deal!") Yeah, you've got to be comped well if someone has to fly to Bombay in these covid times and nose around Lamington Road and furiously shoo off the chaps trying to palm off cheap computer stuff on you. As you slip away into a rather too narrow gully you remember: Alfred Rose! You make a note to call his relatives in Canada later and ask if they know who exactly inspired the famad cantorist's English song. A good sleuth pursues all possible leads, Watson! You stop to google and bing and enter "gloria, goan, east indian, mangalorean, catholic, girl, woman, lamington road, bombay, grant road", into the search bars. Not very promising, you think, as the results open up, but you are distracted by Jim Reeves' Take My Hand Precious Lord blaring from a small building. It turns out to be a neighbour of the person in question and he tells you something that makes your eyes immediately light up. You chase the lead and realise why the seeker chose Goanet for his message: you call up your correspondents in Dubai, Kuwait, Aden, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, NZ, several cities in Africa, London, but they all want to know about the cheque due from the last job. You switch off the mobile quickly and wonder how to proceed if there's to be any of the crisp and ready for next month's quota of Royal Stag, even if only two pegs nightly. Idea: You immediately post on Goanet, knowing that an offer of 10% to the tipper will have chaps fall over themselves to help (Rs11,132.50/- is not exactly peanuts to simply confirm that you know someone's whereabouts, right? Ok, let's make it a neat 11,132.51/-, to keep the figure auspicious and lucky). Get in touch, good amigs. As Tonto used to say, Pronto!
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