18/24 "My father is as innocent as I am--find the man who did it and clear him that way. Don't wait for what these police people do--they'll waste time over my father. Do something! They're all on the wrong track--let somebody get on the right one!" "She's right!" said Northrop, a shrewd-faced little man, who looked genuinely disturbed. "You know what police are, Mr.Bent--if they get hold of one notion they're deaf to all others. While they're concentrating on Harborough, you know, the real man'll be going free--laughing in his sleeve, very like." "But--what are we to do ?" asked Bent. |