"Ain't sayin' I believes them" Charlotte retorted - a little too quickly, a little too defensively. "Just that them's the rumours. Figured maybe you'd want to know. 'Cos if the Boss knows who it is that's perforatin' folk - and I'm not sayin' 'e does, but if 'e did know - then the sooner the bugger's dealt with the better. People're startin' to get silly, and that ain't good for no-one."