"I have studied very many of your English institutions during my stay over here with much interest, but it has not been my good fortune to have come into touch at all with your police system.

Sir Goreham Briggs--your chief, I believe--has invited me several times to Scotland Yard, and I have always meant to avail myself of his kindness.
You come to me, perhaps, from him ?" The Inspector shook his head.
"My business, Prince," he said, "is a little more personal." Prince Maiyo raised his eyebrows.
"Indeed ?" he said.

"Well, whatever it is, let us hear it.

I trust that I have not unconsciously transgressed against your laws ?" Inspector Jacks hesitated.

After all, his was not so easy a task.
"Prince," he said, "my errand is not in any way a pleasant one, and I should be very sorry indeed to find myself in the position of bringing any annoyance upon a stranger and a gentleman who is so highly esteemed.
At the same time there are certain duties in connection with my every-day life which I cannot ignore.