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Chapter 7

           Inhisyearsasasnooper,firstasareporter,thenasalippmann,hehadlearnedthatclose-heldsecretscouldoftenbecrackedbygoingallthewaytothetopandtheremakinghimselfunbearablyunpleasant.Heknewthatsuchtwistingofthetiger’stailwasdangerous,forheunderstoodthepsychopathologyofgreatpowerasthoroughlyasJillBoardmanlackedknowledgeofit-buthehadhabituallyreliedonhisrelativesafetyasadealerinstillanothersortofpoweralmostuniversallyfearedandappeasedbythepowerful.

           Whatheforgotwas,thatinphoningthePalacefromataxicab,hewasnotdoingsopublicly.

           CaxtonwasnotputthroughtotheSecretaryGeneral,norhadheexpectedtobe.Insteadhespokewithhalfadozenunderlingsandbecamemoreaggressivewitheachone.Hewassobusythathedidnotnoticeitwhenhiscabceasedtohoverandlefttheparkinglevel.

           Whenhedidnoticeit,itwastoolate;thecabrefusedtoobeytheordersheatoncepunchedintoit.Caxtonrealizedbitterlythathehadlethimselfbetrappedbyameansnoprofessionalhoodlumwouldfallfor:hiscallhadbeentraced,hiscabidentified,itsidiotrobotpilotplacedunderordersofanover-ridingpolicefrequency-andthecabitselfwasbeingusedtoarresthimandfetchhimin,allmostprivatelyandwithnofuss,

           HewishedkeenlythathehadkeptFairWitnessCavendishwithhim.Buthewastednotimeonthisfutilitybutclearedtheuselesscallfromtheradioandtriedatoncetocallhislawyer,MarkFrisby

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