By the way Blandiver, was the Penguin quoting the Silkie or Ward The Pirate

You learn something new every day! Thanks for that muchly. Of course I didn't mean it was a conscious thing, but it does resonate beautifully with The Great Selkie. I like it when such resonances occur from seemingly disparate parts of my life.

Having figured out who Mr Kevin Bottomrung is I can't honestly believe no-one else has. I'd say it was obvious from the get-go.