\"Have you the police back of you?\" he asked anxiously.
Mme. Storey opened her handbag. \"Here is a warrant for her arrest. Furthermore, if you will look over the side you will see Inspector Rumsey there in a police launch. I didn't want him to show himself to the reporters on the pier. They hailed me, but I told them I was just coming aboard to bid good-bye to a friend.\"
\"But when you take her ashore the jig will be up. The reporters have interviewed her.\"
\"Have you the police back of you?\" he asked anxiously.
Mme. Storey opened her handbag. \"Here is a warrant for her arrest. Furthermore, if you will look over the side you will see Inspector Rumsey there in a police launch. I didn't want him to show himself to the reporters on the pier. They hailed me, but I told them I was just coming aboard to bid good-bye to a friend.\"
\"But when you take her ashore the jig will be up. The reporters have interviewed her.\"
