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The task that should have been Mr. Cardew's fell to Jim Ferraby, peremptorily summoned from Whitehall, as he believed, for an important consultation. Officials of the Public Prosecutor's Department are not amenable to the autocratic demands of superintendents of police, even though a superintendent is a very important person indeed, and would in the United States be called captain. The irregularity of the proceedings occurred to Jim Ferraby on his way from town, and were emphasized by the coolness of Sooper's request.
-"But, my dear man," said Jim irritably, "you do not give the third degree in this country! Sooper, you'll get me hanged!"