In doing this I seem to have run up against what is nothing more nor less than a disgraceful conspiracy.

Every hand is against me.

Instead of helping me to discover them, the police seem only anxious to cover up the tracks of those young people." The manager looked down at his desk.
"We hotel-keepers," he said, "are very much in the hands of the police.
We cannot judge between them and the people whom they treat as suspected persons.

I know very well, Sir George, that you are a person of respectability and character, but if the police choose to think otherwise I must adapt my views to theirs.

I am sorry, but we must really ask you to leave." Sir George turned on his heel.
"Very good!" he said.