He cannot be tried again.

Does Scotland Yard--" "I'm on my holidays." Brett laughed heartily.
"I see!" he cried.

"A 'bus-driver's holiday! For how long ?" "Fourteen days." "You are nothing if not professional.

I suppose it was not your first offence, or they might have let you off with a fine." The detective enjoyed this departmental joke.

He grinned broadly.
"Anyhow, Mr.Brett," he said, "you and I have been engaged on too many smart bits of work for me to stand quietly by and let you be made a fool of." The barrister came nearer, and said, in a low tone: "Winter, you have never been more mistaken in your life.