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–Wow! Your night guest is a subject of Her Majesty and has not left the country for the past few years, -the Scotland Yard detective concluded,-Think Spencer, think! We have very little time.

–Let's check his cell phone number, – said Spencer, – it is not connected to roaming, local and probably bought right at the airport. Then where did he put his?

–Did he have? – Johnson asked.

– Sir, the restaurant waiter remembers a customer calling home and talking loudly to his mother. He was then asked not to make noise, – the hotel security worker reported.

– How did the waiter understand that he was talking with mother? Does he understand Armenian? Well, let's get this waiter here.

A clean-shaven man, immaculately dressed in a cream coat, entered into the office.

–Please remember, what phone your client had?

–Ordinary, sir.

–You must remember what size screen the phone had-large or small. Smartphone or simple cell phone?

–I understand perfectly what you want to know, sir. No, it was not a smartphone, it was a simple mobile phone.

–Come here, look at the screen, -Spencer increased the record where Solomon was holding a mobile phone, -did he talk on this phone?

–No, sir. That was smaller, thin, with a keypad.

– Excellent! But how did you understand that he was talking to his mother, do you know the Armenian language?

– No, sir, – the waiter smiled, – all the people of the planet speak with mothers in the same intonation, and the last word is usually "mother" or "ma".

–Well done, you helped us a lot. Now to business. It is already obvious that Mr. Grande had two phones: one a smartphone with a local network card, with which he connected to the Internet, and the second one was a simpler model, connected to roaming. Great idea. After all, in this way, it can always be detected by a satellite. So, gentlemen, we need a list of all the numbers from Armenia that have connected to roaming in our country.

–Here's the number fixed in the name of our client. If it is turned on, then consider that we have found it, – said the assistant inspector.

Everyone began to look forward to the data from the satellite. Finally, the long-awaited red arrow appeared on the screen.

– Yes! There is a signal! – Spencer exclaimed.

–Your client is sailing the Thames. He's on a vessel called the “Cecile”, – Johnson's deputy concluded.

When the image was zoomed, everyone clearly saw a flashing red arrow on the outline of one bulk carrier.