"I am not to be aware that you have returned, then ?" "Certainly not," Laverick answered.

"Please be quite clear about that.

If you hear any commotion in the office, you can come in, but do not send for the police unless I tell you to.

I wish to look into this affair for myself." Halsey, who had started life as a lawyer's clerk, and was distinctly formal in his ideas, was a little shocked.
"Would it not be better, sir," he suggested, "for me to communicate with the police in the first case?
If this should really turn out to be an attempt at burglary, it would surely be best to leave the matter to them." Laverick frowned.
"For certain reasons, Halsey, which I do not think it necessary to tell you, I have a strong desire to investigate this matter personally.

Please do exactly as I say." He left the office and strolled up the street in the direction of the restaurant which he chiefly frequented.