Sheiks And Adders (2012)
“The Chief Constable was now accompanied by a uniformed policeman – presumably the officer who had been in charge of the Panda car and in direct radio contact with the advancing forces of law and order now on their way to Drool Court. The constable (like all such subordinate characters in mystery stories) might have been described as stolid. Colonel Pride, on the other hand, betrayed a certain irritation – an irritation, indeed, that shaded into something like animosity as his glance travelled f...rom Appleby to the Emir.
‘What the devil has gone wrong?’ he demanded. ‘Has somebody made off with the fellow’s – with the Emir’s – blasted Rolls Royce?’ ‘Not quite that, Tommy. But it was unlocked as well as unattended, and probably under nobody’s observation for half an hour at a time. So there is just a possibility that it has been booby-trapped.’ ‘Then why didn’t you shove him into your own car?’ The Chief Constable seemed unaware of anything discourteous in this manner of expressing himself.MoreLess
‘What the devil has gone wrong?’ he demanded. ‘Has somebody made off with the fellow’s – with the Emir’s – blasted Rolls Royce?’ ‘Not quite that, Tommy. But it was unlocked as well as unattended, and probably under nobody’s observation for half an hour at a time. So there is just a possibility that it has been booby-trapped.’ ‘Then why didn’t you shove him into your own car?’ The Chief Constable seemed unaware of anything discourteous in this manner of expressing himself.MoreLess
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