SNEDDON, GREGOR (1942 - 1990) - Indiscretion has proved the undoing of many otherwise accomplished investigators. The blessings of a keen eye are nullified when accompanied by a loose tongue. The informed reader might wonder as to gaps in the Case Book. "How," he or she might wonder, "can a history of Coe omit mention of the Kenneth Cowan scandal? And what about the Marion Hazard mystery?" Some might conjecture that I'm silenced by legal constraints or fear of the 'tap on the shoulder'. To the first of these I remind the reader that, unlike other psychics, I've never made a statement that wasn't backed by evidence. To the second, while hesitating to blow my trumpet, I point to my status as the world's leading exponent of the techniques of Cung-Coe, a mere novice of which might broach the darkest alley without trepidation.

Any omissions from the Glossary are accountable to my compassionate nature. In time, of course, established facts must be revealed, particularly when lies persist in their stead. Where-ever appropriate, though, I'll defer revelation until a time appropriate to reconciliation. In the instance of my Uncle Gregor, unfortunately, his unexpectedly sudden death, the consequence of a dissolute lifestyle, precluded the possibility of us discussing his various transgressions in a spirit of good-fellowship. Regrettably, he persisted in the hostility displayed toward me throughout his life by requesting my exclusion from his funeral service. That his last wish had such negative connotations, I'm afraid, is indicative of a life dedicated to inversion and pettiness. When they are eventually released in 2020, my Gregor Sneddon file will present a portrait of boy whose struggle against nature consumed him as he entered manhood. Until then, however, in consideration to the surviving Sneddons, I'll keep my own counsel.

 

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