Wilson tests his skill

Next stop on the pier was a booth where you could win toys by throwing darts. To win a toy you needed to score over 45, which Wilson whispered to me would be 'Pathetically easy!' 

As it turned out, it wasn't pathetically easy even to strike the dart board, and after a couple of turns W declared that darts was much harder than it looked on TV, where overweight drunken men somehow contrived to make it look simpler than it actually was.

I offered to buy him one of the toys, but W said that if he couldn't win it fair and square he'd rather go without.

The stall operator offered to sell us some of the Hello Kitty toys damaged by W's darts at half price, but W remained resolute. 

Before we left, though, Wilson handed the man one of his Consulting Detective cards, telling him not to hesitate to contact him should the need arise…