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“Macdonald had been conscious of Mark Garlandt’s powerful personality the moment he set eyes on him. He knew, also, the man’s reputation and standing. Two feelings were at war in the chief inspector’s mind; the feeling of the detective that the man he was questioning had answered with great skill, admitting just as much as it was wise to admit, and meeting any case against him with bland confidence.”

“Chief inspector Macdonald, of the CID, was no respecter of persons, so far as wealth and social position were concerned. Not that Macdonald was lacking in a sense of respect – far from it. He had met many men, poor and rich, whom he had found reason to revere – for their courage, their integrity, their reasoning power, their humanity.”