Chapter 22Privv banged the table furiously. ‘You can’t do this!’ he shouted. ‘Dragging me here as though I were some common brawler.’
Skynner’s jaw tightened. ‘I can and I have,’ he said, ominously quietly. ‘And you haven’t been dragged anywhere, you’ve been officially escorted here because you were interfering with my men when they were trying to do their jobs.’
‘Their jobs! What about mine? That’s all I was doing — trying to find out what had happened so that I could let the people know,’ Privv persisted.
It had been a grim day so far, with every prospect of it becoming worse, and Skynner’s patience suddenly ran out. He was fingering his baton dangerously as he stood up and towered over the protesting Sheeter. ‘What the hell’s this got to do with the people, whoever they are!’ he thun
