Professor Mesmer hasd not seen any ginger coming through, but suggests Sergeant Brunwick try Tommy Tricks’ dressing room; he* has girls going and coming all day.

Even though it is set in the present, we are talking about Professor Mesmer's past, so that bit still needs to be past tense. I think. This tense is tricky 😅

And yes, the he is clear.

Asked if he'd ever seen Miss Carver in a red wig, Mesmer replies he hasd not; Sergeant Brunswick and constable Twitten are convinced the con artist are**is not ginger but, in reality, wear**s a red wig to disguise themselves** as a red-haired woman.

con artist is singular so it's "is", even though themselves acts like a plural latter on. English really doesn't deal with unknown genders very well 😬

He is totally overwhelmed with emotions: he praises all the sheer qualities of Mesmer, as if he were a schoolboy facing his hero; he stumbles when asked again his name; he wishes out loud he would not want Professor Mesmer feeling his head, (Mesmer being one of the best mentalists in Britain).

But then, Mesmer does offer to read his mind, b. Before Brunswick knows it, Mesmer is doing his magic, easily deceiving Brunswick: whatever “a large organ of hope” means, Brunswick is not going to question it.

When Brunswick has finally come back ton earth, Professor Mesmer reveals he has remembered seeing Miss Carver in a red wig.

**the police aren’t sure about the culprit's gender