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A lot happened during the rest of September. In response to routine phone inquiries, the newsstand owner in Sudbury confirmed that a second embossed letter was awaiting Mr McPhee.Dressed up as a Scot with a ginger beard, Truby took the train to pick up the letter.Inside the envelope was a check from Darcy House for £265,000. Using electronic documents crafted by Suzy, he opened an account with Barclays Bank in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, one of the last tax-free havens in the British territory.After the check was cleared and cashed, he flew back to London that day and opened another account in the name of Trupington Gore at a Royal Bank of Canada down the street.Then he went to Barclays Bank and transferred the entire sum of money in the name of Mr. Hamish McPhee to the account of Mr. Gore in the city of London.The deputy general manager of Barclays Bank was amazed at the speed of account opening and closing by the Scot, but he did not object.

Bank of Canada shrugs off mainland UK tax laws.From there, Truby drew two bank checks. A check for £13,250 was addressed to Corley Burnside.The old man could drink good red wine for the rest of his life. Truby withdrew £1,750 in cash for his own basic living expenses.The second check was to Benny Evans and Susie Day for £150,000.The remaining £100,000 went to a helpful Canadian bank to set up a long-term high-yield fund, which paid Trumpington Gore around £1,000 a month for his living expenses for the rest of his life. After Benny and Susie got married, they returned to Benny's hometown, Lancashire.He opened a small gallery there, and Suzy became a freelance computer programmer.Within a year, her hair was free of peroxide dye, her face was rid of heavy makeup, and twin boys were born.

After Truby returned home from the Channel Islands, he received a letter from .The letter stated that he once played a small role in "007: GoldenEye", and the film's leading actor Pierce Brosnan hoped that he could play a big role in the next Bond film. Someone tipped off to Charlie Dawson, who, with the intriguing help of Professor Carpenter, managed to keep the art world scandal under wraps. Police continue to search for Mr Hamish McPhee and Mr Yamamoto, but Scotland Yard does not hold out much hope of solving the case. Marina sold her memoir to the News of the World.Lady Eleanor Slade then had a lengthy conference with Fiona Shackleton, London's most prestigious divorce lawyer.She made a deal with Mr. Peregrine Slade, who went out without getting any property.

Slade left London.The last people heard of him was that he ran a notorious bar in the Caribbean island of Antigua.The Duke of Gateshead, on the other hand, was never quite as good as before.

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