Ive got a regular job; Im chauffeur to Mr Bertram
Cody, said Tom virtuously. Ride to hounds and take duchesses into dinner - what a
hell of a life for a grown man!
It was nine oclock on this wet October night when
he came into Acacia Road.
He led the man into his study and shut the
door.
And Im not lying, Ill tell you how it
happened.
Not by the police - that I can swear, said Dick.
Sneed listened without comment to the extraordinary story of Lew Pheeneys midnight
occupation. Dick looked at the man, hardly believing his ears.
Why didnt Pheeney stay, if hed got this thing on
his conscience?
As a matter of fact, youre the very man for the
job, he went on, a little inconsistently.
He gave you no indication as to who the man was he
feared?
Switch off the phone; Im not at home to anybody,
however important.
Sneed often said that he had the mind of a thief,
and meant this as a compliment. Now please tell me something that will make my flesh
creep. The man looked up and down the street nervously. Going to buy a country house
and be a gentleman.
The startling announcement of Lew Pheeney had
changed his plans. The Commissioner sent me a message this evening, and I was
expecting you to call at my office.
For the travel bug bit deep into his soul, and hes
been moving ever since.
The lawyer took out a little pocketbook and
evidently consulted a calendar.
And Im not lying, Ill tell you how it happened. I
admit Im a good joke, he said ruefully.
But Id like you to see him - I half promised him
that I would recommend somebody.
The lawyer was dining in solitary state at the end
of a long, polished table. Dick went back to the Yard to make, as he thought, a
final report to his immediate chief.
The boys like him - hes going into the police and
the educations worth a million! The lawyer took out a little pocketbook and
evidently consulted a calendar. His office is somewhere in Lincolns Inn Fields. The
inquest was held on the Friday, and, after Dicks evidence, adjourned for an
indefinite period.
New Thoughts on Constructive Biology, by Antonio
Stalletti.
Captain Sneed stroked his chin reflectively. I have
a port here that was laid down for princes.