"Look here," said Arendsen, "where do you expect this stuff to come from— the Continent?"
Bray nodded. "Marseilles probably."
"Well then, why don't you go to Sankport in Kent. That's the aerodrome where Gauntlett's machines probably clear Customs when they come from France. I'll give you a note to the people there, and you can sniff round to your heart's content."
"Yes, but if he were smuggling, he surely wouldn't go through a Customs airport?"
"I think so. It's not so easy as you might imagine to fly from France to England and vice versa without clearing Customs. An aeroplane is still a pretty noticeable object, you know, and there are few enough of them for us to keep a close tab on them. If I were to do a spot of aerial smuggling, I should rely on bluffing or bribing rather than dod
