At length the Inspector himself fell silent, as if perceiving the uselessness of further pretense.
"What is it, Allan ?" said Mandy quietly, when silence had fallen upon them all.

"You might as well let me know." "Tell her, for God's sake," said her husband to the Inspector.
"What is it ?" inquired Mandy.
The Inspector handed her a letter.
"From Superintendent Strong to my Chief," he said.
She took it and as she read her face went now white with fear, now red with indignation.

At length she flung the letter down.
"What a man he is to be sure!" she cried scornfully.

"And what nonsense is this he writes.

With all his men and officers he must come for my husband! What is HE doing?
And all the others?
It's just his own stupid stubbornness.