human
If Barraclough is to succeed it will have to be in the next three days. At midnight on the 27th he is going to be kidnapped.
gpt
How the devil do you know that?
human
We have our private information bureau in the opposite camp.
gpt
Ah! Anyone I know?
human
That's immaterial.
gpt
I think I deserve your confidence.
human
Have you given us yours?
gpt
Oh, very well, he said.
human
So I'm to be kidnapped.
gpt
At twelve precisely, Cranbourne nodded.
human
In the course of the next three days Van Diest will try the persuasion of bribes and failing success you disappear, my friend, for a short inquisition.
gpt
By God, he said.
human
So that's the way of it. Three days, what! I'll break through that damned ring if it kills me.
gpt
I wonder, murmured Mr. Torrington.
human
Quite a lot I wonder. Still it's great fun. Don't do anything in a hurry. Three days is a life time. Take my advice, go and sit with your girl and calm down.
gpt
Good idea, I will. We shall meet again?
human
Surely.
gpt
Au revoir then.
human
Why did you pass me by at the Berkeley last night?
gpt
The Berkeley?
human
Yes, about ten thirty.
gpt
At ten thirty I was plugging a man in the jaw at St. Pancras Station.
human
Honest?
gpt
Honest.
human
And you never went to the Berkeley?
gpt
Nowhere near it.
human
Got it, he cried.
gpt
Got it! Oh, what an idea!
human
What's up with you?
gpt
It's all right, gentlemen, I can see a way. With any luck we'll succeed. Don't do anything until eleven o'clock on the night of the 27th. I'm going to try and find someone.
human
But hang it all, Lord Almont shouted,
gpt
Have you missed it, he said.
human
Then here's something to think about. Suppose Van Diest kidnaps the wrong man.
gpt
Great fun,