Chapter 14

“I should be much more impressed with the gravity of the situation,” Barnett remarked with profound logic, “if I knew what it was all about. I came in answer to your wire and in complete ignorance of the excitements awaiting me.” “You arrived according to plan—my plan,” said Inspector Béchoux complacently. “Can this mean, Béchoux”—Barnett paused to strike a dramatic attitude—“can this mean that you’ve got over the little affair of King George the Fourth’s love-letter and no longer distrust me?” “I still distrust yo…