Sexton Blake's New Order by Mark Hodder

Author:Mark Hodder [Hodder, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

MEANWHILE SEXTON BLAKE was in the vault of Dackworth’s Stores, in Oxford Street. With him—stern, tense, unhappy in various degrees depending upon their own particular grievance in the robbery—were Mr. Phipps and Mr. Marks, of Venus Life and Property; Commander Grimwald and Chief Detective-Inspector Coutts, of the Yard; Mr. Hennessy, of Gallagher’s Safes and Strongrooms; and Gordon Dackworth Junr., of Dackworth Stores.

“Gallagher’s safes I would not give to my child for a money box!” Mr. Marks was saying, bitterly.

This was unjust, and everybody—including Mr. Marks—knew it; but it did express the kind of feeling in the air.

“They open them without explosives even,” Mr. Marks complained.

Hennessy said: “That’s because Gallagher’s safes can’t be opened with explosives. If you remember, the last time they tried gelignite on one of our safes, we found a hand amongst the debris.”

Blake said: “This is a repeat of the Hope Brothers job—the same craftsman, the same tools.”

The police detectives looked at Blake with interest.

“You mean the new man?” Coutts said. “In that case, I don’t give you much for our chances of catching them—not until he’s got a record.”

Mr. Marks turned to Blake, nervous and edgy: “Never mind what the police say—you catch them. We don’t want any defeatism. On top of your retainer you get another ten thousand pounds if you recover this money.”

“I shall do my best,” Blake said.

But his heart was heavy. It was another clean job. There were plenty of fingerprints on the safe, but none with a record.

Hennessy said, including Blake and the Scotland Yard men in the question: “Would you like me to get my man O’Brien to give you a report on the locks?”

They shook their heads, glumly. The locks had been turned and half a million pounds taken in negotiable currency, and they needed no report to tell them that.

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