Last Respects
“Detective-Constable Crosby—he who could most easily be spared from the police station—brought the car round for Detective-Inspector Sloan as that officer stepped out of the back door of Berebury Police Station.
The constable was patently disappointed to learn that there was no hurry to get to wherever they were going.
‘No hurry at all,’ repeated Sloan, climbing into the front passenger seat. ‘You can take it from me, Crosby, that this particular problem isn’t going to run away.’ The other man w...ithdrew his hand from the switches to blue flashing light and siren.
‘On the contrary,’ forecast Detective-Inspector Sloan, ‘I shouldn’t be surprised if it’s not going to be with us for quite a while.’ The trouble with Superintendent Leeyes was that his gloom was catching.
‘Yes, sir,’ said Crosby, immediately losing interest. ‘Where to, then, slowly?’ And the trouble with Detective-Constable Crosby was that he was only nearly insubordinate.
Sloan settled himself in the car, reminding himself of something he knew very well already: that Detective-Constable Crosby wasn’t by any means the brightest star in the Force’s firmament.MoreLess
The constable was patently disappointed to learn that there was no hurry to get to wherever they were going.
‘No hurry at all,’ repeated Sloan, climbing into the front passenger seat. ‘You can take it from me, Crosby, that this particular problem isn’t going to run away.’ The other man w...ithdrew his hand from the switches to blue flashing light and siren.
‘On the contrary,’ forecast Detective-Inspector Sloan, ‘I shouldn’t be surprised if it’s not going to be with us for quite a while.’ The trouble with Superintendent Leeyes was that his gloom was catching.
‘Yes, sir,’ said Crosby, immediately losing interest. ‘Where to, then, slowly?’ And the trouble with Detective-Constable Crosby was that he was only nearly insubordinate.
Sloan settled himself in the car, reminding himself of something he knew very well already: that Detective-Constable Crosby wasn’t by any means the brightest star in the Force’s firmament.MoreLess
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