Several days later, Basil took it upon himself to figure out where they'd be going after Colette repeatedly stated she didn't much mind and would go anywhere, which he took as her being coy.
Her invitation came in the form of a box, delivered to her not by Basil himself but through the school seemingly via the post. Inside the box was a
a dress,
gloves,
hat and
shawl and a short note folded in an envelope, with some kind of appointment card inside that had a business named "Evans and Peel Detective Agency" printed on it.
The note was from Basil, and simply stated 'You'd better get your facts sorted before we're interviewed.' With the time and date for their date, and instructions to meet him at the train station in Maldon.
Basil pulled his cellphone out of his inner breast pocket on his own,
theme matching suit complete with
alarmingly high trousers to check the time out of nervousness.