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Panel 1:
Inside the bay window, Sam’s pistol starts to look uncomfortably warm in his hands.

SAM: Ah ah, Inspector Wording! You wouldn’t let me resign, remem-?

Panel 2:
From afar we spy the pistol exploding in Sam’s hands, wounding him. In the foreground, hidden behind a shock of Carol’s strumming hair, Si dinks the side of the violin case and breaks through her restraints.

SAM: Aigh!

Panel 3:
Carol is keen to return to other matters while Lewis trains his gun on Sam’s building and Rab Q yells to warn her about something.

RAB Q: Lady! Eh, lady! Behind you!

CAROL: Yes, thank you, I am very familiar with how many times this twelve-year-old has skipped P.E.-

Panel 4:
Same view. Carol is conked violently round the head by a hurled violin case. Lewis can’t take his attention off the building, leaving Rab Q to reach round the back of his own trousers for a firearm.

SFX: ka-DONK

Panel 5 (wide):
Si stands above Carol with violin notched, ready to fight. One of Carol’s shoes has come off.