'And now what can I show you? The night is young. I can demonstrate--'
But what he could demonstrate will never now be known, for Hench interrupted him violently.
'What are we doing here,' he cried, 'eating and drinking like this? I don't know who you are, sir, but who you are doesn't matter in the slightest. This town in which we are sitting so idly is going to hell. The devil is abroad, and it is time that someone cried a warning. What I mean is that a murder's been committed to-night, not five minutes away from here, and I can't get anyone to take steps about it. Let us lose no time. Come with me to the nearest policeman. Until this thing is declared openly there'll be no peace.'
'Nearest policeman?' said the gentleman. 'Not likely. They are no friends of mine, I'm sorry to say--narr
