Walking along the cemetery path in the rain, Shard realized that this was his first visit to see Mr. Sparrow since the detective's death.
He had been too busy eking out a living recently, and it was only when he looked at the master bedroom in his home that he occasionally remembered the gentleman. Now, stepping on the stone path of the cemetery and recalling their last and also first conversation, Shard felt as if it had happened many years ago.
The grave of Sparrow Spy Hamilton was inconspicuous, lying in the grass wetted by rain alongside countless ordinary people.
Shard found the grave's location according to the receipt he had and stood in front of the tombstone embedded in the ground, holding an umbrella.
The tombstone bore only a name, date of death, and cause of death, without any record of a life story.
