'What, me? Wouldn' be able t'get me hangin' from a pipe, Bolly. Not without every bastard in the vicinity hearin' me bashing their skulls against the walls.'

Bravado, yes. But he also doesn't believe anyone's going to succeed in making it appear like he'd commit suicide.

'Anyway, Mac still don' know I'm investigatin' him properly. We're alright at the moment. He just thinks I'm not lettin' him sweep Hales's death under the rug.'

He's flicking through the files he brought up with him, sipping from his mug, when he frowns.

'Mac was away when the Ball's Pond road job wen' down, wasn't he? On holiday.'