“How did you get away?” Fiona asked.
“I got out through the kitchen window,” he answered, “and climbed along the water pipe into the yard of the next building, climbed over a wall and got away. I realised that the Police would be watching every other entrance and waiting for me at home.
“I had to go somewhere and yours was the nearest place. I am sorry, Fiona, I did not want to get you into trouble, but I have to get away. I must get out of the country. I shall get a long stretch for this otherwise.”
“Oh, Paul, why did you do it?” Fiona asked.
“It was that swine Heimer,” he answered. “He started it. He let me taste the damned stuff and now I cannot live without it. Thank God I got some from him tonight, otherwise I should have been more desperate than I am.
“In another week I should h
