CHAPTER NINETEENInspector Bull crossed Holborn, undecided whether to take the Underground at Chancery-lane and attend to a small matter in Knightsbridge, or step around to Hatton-garden to see Albert Steiner then and there.
The memory of his previous talk with Steiner deterred him from the latter course. If the jeweller were involved in any way with the Colton affair, then it was obvious that he had not been entirely frank with Bull that evening in his flat at Queen’s-gate. Bull knew his own limitations. If Steiner was not being frank, he, Bull, was no match for the dark enigmatic Jew in a battle of wits. Bull admitted that, while being Nordic enough, however, to feel that given time Scotland Yard would be more than enough for him. Nevertheless he decided to postpone his visit to Steiner
