Gloakoma

"Gloakoma", AJ was fond of saying "is an ocular deformity which prevents the patient seeing anything uncomfortable or incriminating." Then he would giggle and jump back into bed beside me. Of course I knew Gloak was up to his neck in everything. AJ described him as "that unscrupulous uphill gardener". But AJ also had something on him. Rather a lot on him I expect. We all remember the vintage Merc, and the pomposity of the man ordering strangers to polish it. We also recall his moments of madness or, as AJ used to call them, his "indefatigable efforts to devalue the eight-bob note". Gloak had his nose in the trough and AJ knew. It was Gloak who acted on AJ's behalf and did his dirty work. It was Gloak who helped broker my pay off. This is probably the last pose we'll ever see of the man grinning as he clutches a fat cheque.