The Devil's Cook
“Had it, after all, really worked? He had taken a long chance against the odds and the best judgment of his superiors; he had held from the beginning very little hope for success. And that wasn’t all of it. If the thing had leaked, or broken wide open, there would certainly have been some bad publicity accompanied, no doubt, by assorted nastinesses directed against the department. It might even have become necessary to lop off somebody’s head, and any head that rolled should have been, in all ju...stice, his own. At that, it had been a close call.
There had been evidence of sniffiness on the part of the press; it was blind luck that no reporter had managed to nose his way to the neighborhood of the Skully place. The families of Charles and Vernon were not practiced in the art of deception.
Well, Bartholdi reflected as he drove toward The Cornish Arms, it would break now. With a bang. Before that happened, though, perhaps a kidnapper and murderer could be trapped. He felt, thinking this, a vast uneasiness.MoreLess
There had been evidence of sniffiness on the part of the press; it was blind luck that no reporter had managed to nose his way to the neighborhood of the Skully place. The families of Charles and Vernon were not practiced in the art of deception.
Well, Bartholdi reflected as he drove toward The Cornish Arms, it would break now. With a bang. Before that happened, though, perhaps a kidnapper and murderer could be trapped. He felt, thinking this, a vast uneasiness.MoreLess
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