Chapter 39Doberman was stunned by the news of Sally's a*******n. Far from displaying signs of being an 'Achilles heel' where Graves was concerned, he appeared to display an air of defeatism and regret.
“I shouldn't have come here,” he said disconsolately as the three men sat on the bed in Cutler's room. Privacy had now become their watchword, no drinks in the bar while Sally was in danger. “If I hadn't encouraged you to continue with this foolhardy search, made you go to the police instead, maybe Sally wouldn't be in this predicament.”
“Oh come on, Lucius, it's not your fault,” Cutler said, soothingly. “You know why we didn't go to the police and you agreed with our reasoning. We had nothing, no evidence at all. You know as well as we do that the police can only act when a crime has been
