now that is really going back some time i thought as she continued , one day , just before they bought halcyon up to wroxham he ( shaun ) had been whispering down the telephone in the hall , - nothing new in that , that is why i was getting paranoid - whilst i was in the kitchen feeding the dishwasher , and i saw , in the reflection of a mirror , him write something on the pad that we keep by it , and then tear it off and put it into his wallet .