Murder On the Thirty-First Floor
“‘But there was no bomb. Nothing happened, nothing at all. After an hour the fire drill was called off and the staff went back to work. By four o’clock or earlier, everything was back to normal again.’ ‘None the less, it is an unprecedented crime,’ said the chief of police.
His voice was insistent, with a hint of entreaty, as if he was trying to convince not only the person he was addressing but also himself.
‘The perpetrator must be caught,’ he said.
‘The investigation will naturally continue.’... ‘This can’t be any old routine investigation. You’ve got to find the culprit.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Now listen here a moment. I don’t want to criticise the steps you took, of course.’ ‘I did the only thing possible. The risk was too great. It could have meant the loss of hundreds of lives, maybe even more. If fire had broken out in the building as a result of an explosion there wasn’t much we could have done. The fire brigade’s ladders only reach the seventh or eighth floor.MoreLess
His voice was insistent, with a hint of entreaty, as if he was trying to convince not only the person he was addressing but also himself.
‘The perpetrator must be caught,’ he said.
‘The investigation will naturally continue.’... ‘This can’t be any old routine investigation. You’ve got to find the culprit.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Now listen here a moment. I don’t want to criticise the steps you took, of course.’ ‘I did the only thing possible. The risk was too great. It could have meant the loss of hundreds of lives, maybe even more. If fire had broken out in the building as a result of an explosion there wasn’t much we could have done. The fire brigade’s ladders only reach the seventh or eighth floor.MoreLess
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