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In its earlier stages the Ayr Street Post Office robbery had attracted little notice. Afterwards, owing to causes with which this narrative has to do, it achieved the distinction of passing into the grade of what Detective Inspector Beedel was wont to refer to with quiet professional enthusiasm as 'First-class Crimes'. But so meagre was public interest in the initial proceedings that when Mr Carrados looked in at the magistrate's court purely for old acquaintance's sake one stifling afternoon, he found the place half empty.
'Post office hold-up--Ayr Street case, sir,' explained the officer on duty at the door. 'Party named Rank charged. Pretty nearly over now, I should say.'