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Number Seventeen

CHAPTER XV
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Anyhow, what was the man to do?
We cannot expect that he would whip out a revolver, if he carries one, and blaze away indiscriminately at car and occupants if the chauffeur refused to pull up.

Really, Theydon, Wong Li Fu has perplexed the authorities more than any desperado known to this generation.

He is aware that his hostage has escaped from Croydon, so he calmly drives past my house, knowing full well that it is efficiently guarded, and fires a pot shot at the first person seen through one of the windows.

The man whom I have spoken to over the telephone shares that opinion.

He is one of the legal advisers of the Home Office.


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