[Havoc by E. Philips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookHavoc CHAPTER XXVII 16/28
The document! Will you give it me ?" "Do I understand that you are threatening me ?" Laverick asked, retreating a few steps. "You may understand that this is a repeating revolver, and that I seldom miss a half-crown at twenty paces," his visitor answered. "If you put out your hand toward that bell, it will be the last movement you'll ever make on earth." "London isn't really the place for this sort of thing," Laverick said.
"If you discharge that revolver, you haven't a dog's chance of getting clear of the building.
My clerks would rush out after you into the street.
You'd find yourself surrounded by a crowd of business men.
You couldn't make your way through anywhere.
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