‘Mainwaring,’ said Dixie, ‘He’s got to be the answer. Surely Mainwaring must be able to help. She’s his fiancée, and I can’t see him ignoring what Pelops is doing now.’
‘That’s a definite no–no,’ said Robbin, quite sharply.
The fact of the matter was, the Chief Super was livid. For months he had been covering Mainwaring’s business activities, in connection with a shares fraud investigation. The advent of Pelops in the permutation had seen him waste useful hours trying to get information, as subtly as possible, from Special Branch. DI Jenner’s best contribution had been: “The whole matter is being treated as extremely sensitive.” To compound his feeling of being given a fool’s run-around, a half hour before Dixie’s call that morning, he had received instructions from the highest level in
