Squadron Leader Ralph Charles Arthur George Halthorpe-Halthorpe MP BA DFC on how the holding of a fake birthday party in the saloon as a cover whilst one PC burgles the other guests' cabins can be metaphorically described as a maneuver from a game of Rugby Football:

"Now you see, you can visualise this in the sense of a game of rugby!"

"How so?"

"Well the party's just like a rolling maul, sucking in all the guests and conductors and thus creating space for Mr Drake to operate on the blind side."

"The blind side?"

"The corridor in the sleeping carriage."

"Right. So which position are you in this game?"

"I'm the fly half of course, making the essential leadership decisions."

"So I am the winger or something?"

"Yes. And Jones is the full-back. Anything I can't be bothered to deal with, I'll just let go by on the assumption that he'll sort it out."

Tags: call of cthulhu, roleplaying