‘Have you got it then?’  I asked, in hushed tones.

We were standing outside a Quaker Meeting House,our designated rendezvous.

‘Yeah. Here it is.’  He handed me a nondescript carrier bag, I can’t recall whether it was an Aldi or a Nisa – Aldi, I think. Protruding from it was the end of a short wooden plank. I peered inside the bag to investigate further and sure enough, at the other end of the plank were three vicious-looking rusty nails – more than enough to do damage to an unsuspecting person.

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