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The robbery had taken place at a state ball at the Buckingham Palace. 'H'm!' I mused. 'He has had an hour and forty minutes to get here. It is now twelve twenty. He should be here by twelve forty five. I will wait.' And hastily swallowing a cocaine tablet to nerve myself up for the meeting, I sat down and began to read my Schopenhauer. THE ROBBERY HAD TAKEN PLACE AT A STATE BALL AT THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE HUM I MUSED HE HAS HAD AN HOUR AND FORTY MINUTES TO GET HERE TIS NOW TWELVE TWENTY HE SHOULD BE HERE BY TWELVE FORTY FIVE I WILL WAIT AND HASTILY SWALLOWING A COCAINE TABLET TO NERVE MYSELF UP FOR THE MEETING I SAT DOWN AND BEGAN TO READ MY SCHOPENHAUER
idly because she is so. Great bodies move slowly. It is probable that it will be a week before, according to the etiquette by which she is hedged about, she can communicate with me. In the first place, she must inform one of her attendants that she has been robbed. He must communicate the news to the functionary in charge of her residence, who will communicate with the Home Secretary, and from him will issue the orders to the police, who, baffled at every step, will finally address themselves to me. ‘I’ll give that side two weeks,’ I said. On the other hand, the robber: will he allow himself to be lulled into a false sense of security by counting on this delay, or will he not, noting my habit of occasionally entering upon detective enterprises of this nature of my own volition, come to me at once and set me to work ferreting out some crime that has never been committed? My feeling was that this would happen, and I pulled out my watch to see if it were not nearly time for him to arrive. RANK SHE CANNOT MOVE RAPIDLY BECAUSE SHE IS SO GREAT BODIES MOVE SLOWLY IT IS PROBABLE THAT IT WILL BE A WEEK BEFORE ACCORDING TO THE ETIQUETTE BY WHICH SHE IS HEDGED ABOUT SHE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH ME IN THE FIRST PLACE SHE MUST INFORM ONE OF HER ATTENDANTS THAT SHE HAS BEEN ROBBED HE MUST COMMUNICATE THE NEWS TO THE FUNCTIONARY IN CHARGE OF HER RESIDENCE WHO WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE HOME SECRETARY AND FROM HIM WILL ISSUE THE ORDERS TO THE POLICE WHO BAFFLED AT EVERY STEP WILL FINALLY ADDRESS THEMSELVES TO ME I'LL GIVE THAT SIDE TWO WEEKS I SAID ON THE OTHER HAND THE ROBBER WILL HE ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE LULLED INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY BY COUNTING ON THIS DELAY OR WILL HE NOT KNOWING MY HABIT OF OCCASIONALLY ENTERING UPON DETECTIVE ENTERPRISES OF THIS NATURE OF MY OWN VOLITION COME TO ME AT ONCE AND SET ME TO WORK FERRETING OUT SOME CRIME THAT HAS NEVER BEEN COMMITTED MY FEELING WAS THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND I PULLED OUT MY WATCH TO SEE IF IT WERE NOT NEARLY TIME FOR HIM TO ARRIVE
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