Amanda nodded beside him, eyes smoking, and he touched her hand where it lay upon the table.

"Well, they know we're here now," he said, and Abigail nodded beside him in the dark.

"This is my partner of 12 years," he added, nodding to the man beside him.

"I'll be at that table by the window," he told her; he nodded to a door beside the bar.

Mait nodded to the woman beside him, who rose and made her way towards the youth.

He nodded to a chair beside his desk and as I sat down, seated himself.

Duffield turned and nodded to the man standing beside her.

He nodded at the uniformed policeman standing beside the gate.

Adrian nodded, still on his knees beside the broken figure.

He nodded at the man standing beside the evidence locker, who throughout the conversation hadn't said a single word.