Hollow Crown
“Wasn’t it enough that he should have been almost crippled by honest working men in the East End of London? On the other hand – dash it! – he had promised and, as a gentleman, he could not go back on his word.
In the event, the day proved uncomfortable in a very different way from how he had imagined. He picked Verity up in the Lagonda just after three o’clock – the lecture was to start at six after which they were to have dinner with Frank’s housemaster, Mr Chandler – and on the way he told... her of his visit from Chief Inspector Pride.
‘That man’s a menace to decent law-abiding people,’ Verity exclaimed, forgetting for a moment that she was an enemy of the state and would, in other circumstances, have been insulted to be described as law-abiding. ‘Can’t we do something, get him defrocked or whatever it is they do to bad cops? Cut his buttons off?’ ‘Mmm, I doubt it,’ Edward answered her seriously. ‘We’d have to prove him incompetent or negligent and even then I expect the Yard protects its own.’ ‘Edward!’ Verity said, shocked.MoreLess
In the event, the day proved uncomfortable in a very different way from how he had imagined. He picked Verity up in the Lagonda just after three o’clock – the lecture was to start at six after which they were to have dinner with Frank’s housemaster, Mr Chandler – and on the way he told... her of his visit from Chief Inspector Pride.
‘That man’s a menace to decent law-abiding people,’ Verity exclaimed, forgetting for a moment that she was an enemy of the state and would, in other circumstances, have been insulted to be described as law-abiding. ‘Can’t we do something, get him defrocked or whatever it is they do to bad cops? Cut his buttons off?’ ‘Mmm, I doubt it,’ Edward answered her seriously. ‘We’d have to prove him incompetent or negligent and even then I expect the Yard protects its own.’ ‘Edward!’ Verity said, shocked.MoreLess
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