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Detective-sergeant Johnson stood in Smeaton's room, listening to the final instructions of his chief with his usual respectful air.
"Be as diplomatic as possible, Johnson. Let him suspect that we know everything, without committing yourself to any actual statement. Above all, impress upon him the fact that he must come. We would prefer he did so voluntarily. If he should prove obstinate, give him clearly to understand that we have other means at our disposal."