The Snake Catcher's Daughter
““Wainwright was as weak as water. Mustapha Mir could twist him round his little finger. He wrote the memo himself and got Wainwright to sign it.”
“That may be,” Mahmoud said to Owen later, “but you can’t just dismiss it. On the face of it, it confirms Philipides’s story: there was an investigation going on into the corruption in the Police Force, it was being conducted, quite properly, by the Mamur Zapt, and Philipides might well have been acting as agent provocateur. What evidence there is sup...ports Philipides.”
“The two were in it together,” said Owen. “Mustapha Mir and Philipides.”
“Three,” said Mahmoud. “And Wainwright.”
“Mir could twist him round his little finger.”
“So Garvin keeps saying. But if he could,” said Mahmoud, “it’s the first case I’ve met of a senior British officer doing what an Egyptian told him.”
“You’re not saying that Garvin is making this up?”
“I’m just following normal procedure,” said Mahmoud, “checking the evidence.MoreLess
“That may be,” Mahmoud said to Owen later, “but you can’t just dismiss it. On the face of it, it confirms Philipides’s story: there was an investigation going on into the corruption in the Police Force, it was being conducted, quite properly, by the Mamur Zapt, and Philipides might well have been acting as agent provocateur. What evidence there is sup...ports Philipides.”
“The two were in it together,” said Owen. “Mustapha Mir and Philipides.”
“Three,” said Mahmoud. “And Wainwright.”
“Mir could twist him round his little finger.”
“So Garvin keeps saying. But if he could,” said Mahmoud, “it’s the first case I’ve met of a senior British officer doing what an Egyptian told him.”
“You’re not saying that Garvin is making this up?”
“I’m just following normal procedure,” said Mahmoud, “checking the evidence.MoreLess
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