Johnson was now too interested, as Jimmy said afterwards, to mind what silly names he was called. He said he did see and asked to see more.
“Well, don’t you ask any questions, then. I’ll tell you all it’s good for you to know. Last night about eleven I was at Yalding Towers. No it doesn’t matter how I got there or what I got there for and there was a window open and I got in, and there was a light. And it was in the strong-room, and there were three men, putting silver in a bag.”
“Was it you give the warning, and they sent for the police?”
Johnson was leaning eagerly forward, a hand on each knee.
“Yes, that was me. You can let them think it was you, if you like.
You were off duty, weren’t you?”
“I was,” said Johnson, “in the arms of Murphy “
“Well, the police didn’t come quick enoug
