Flavia listened carefully to the covert and highly illegal discussions of cheese.....

Dragon cheese eh? Well that was a biggie....the 'cheese' police would like to hear about that; a reward maybe for the golden hooter?

The rounding up of gophers? Another biggie, gopher collecting required a spcial licence. The Hooter was damn sure Apil didn't have a licence. He didn't even have a licence for that
moth-eaten camel of his.

The golden snout watched as Belo stutted his stuff....the ideal fall guy.

Put Belo in the frame, a word to the cheese police...and a big fat reward for Flavia.

Things were looking up - the Snout slurped her wine, and tried some of the cheese...