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Chief Superintendent Bright:
I understand you've a detective constable acting as bagman.

DI Fred Thursday:
Morse, sir. Good man.

Chief Superintendent Bright:
They're all good men, Thursday, but the rank system is there for a purpose.

[Bright opens Morse's file]

Chief Superintendent Bright:
Bagman is a detective sergeant's post.

DI Fred Thursday:
He's an exceptional officer, sir.

Chief Superintendent Bright:
[reading the file] Barely two weeks in uniform before being transferred to CID. Which, you may rely, means no-one knew what to do with him.

DI Fred Thursday:
Or his talents lay elsewhere.

Chief Superintendent Bright:
A grammar scholarship and a failed degree might impress some, but the truth of it is he lacks experience.

DI Fred Thursday:
I'm bringing him on.

[short pause]

Chief Superintendent Bright:
I'd as soon we didn't get off on the wrong foot, Thursday.

DI Fred Thursday:
Likewise, sir.

Chief Superintendent Bright:
On your own recognisance.

[Bright closes Morse's file]

Chief Superintendent Bright:
And for a probationary period only. The first hint of a hullabaloo, he'll be returned to general duties.

DI Fred Thursday:
Sir.

[Thursday leaves the room]