That capsule from the pigeon

[thekumquat]

At the end of Thuggery, Patrick realises he has the capsule of drugs, presumably pretty pure cocaine, from the pigeon they found, and hands it to Peter, in exchange for his rosary being returned to him.
"Souvenir? Fair exchange is no robbery..."

What do people think would happen to it eventually?

My feeling is Peter would persuade Patrick to sell it to someone in London, as Patrick lives there most of the time and may well go to school there later, mostly because I can't conceive of any scenario where a certain P. Marlow plus an ounce of Class A substance doesn't go horribly wrong, but open to all suggestions.

Google suggests that wholesale cocaine in the early 80s was being sold for around £200 a gram, so I suspect they would be tempted to try to sell the stuff. Or would they chuck it in the river, never to be seen again until a swan started choking on it?

Comments

[jackmerlin]

Peter is still nervous about hunting in RAH, isn't he? Because what he could usefully do is use a pinch of cocaine on hunting mornings as the original 'jumping powder', and astonish his family by becoming rather a 'thruster' out hunting.

[thekumquat]

Genius!