But, coming from the S.O.D., it was law." "And I obeyed it," grunted the staff-sergeant.

"And if you could have seen McTrigger! When I told him he was free, and unlocked his cell, he came out of it gropingly, like a blind man.

And he would go no farther than the Inspector's office.

He said he would wait there for him." "And Kedsty ?" O'Connor jumped from his chair and began thumping back and forth across the room again.

"Followed the girl," he exploded.