You'd have thought that he'd have let us know, here, of his previous calling--I never heard of a policeman of any rank who didn't like to have a bit of talk with his own sort about professional matters." "Nor me," assented Jettison.

"And as you say, we've only Bryce's word.

And, the more I think of it, the more I'm convinced there's somebody--some man of whom you don't seem to have the least idea--who's in this.

And it may be that Bryce is in with him.

However--here's one thing I'm going to do at once.