“But what first put you in motion in this direction?” “I have been always of opinion,” began the Assistant Commissioner. “Ah. Yes! Opinion. That’s of course. But the immediate motive?” “What shall I say, Sir Ethelred? A new man’s antagonism to old methods. A desire to know something at first hand. Some impatience. It’s my old work, but the harness is different. It has been chafing me a little in one or two tender places.”
