Chapter 23: XXIII

XXIII Superintendent Battle in Charge It was ten o’clock on the following morning. The sun poured in through the windows of the library, where Superintendent Battle had been at work since six. On a summons from him, George Lomax, Sir Oswald Coote and Jimmy Thesiger had just joined him, having repaired the fatigues of the night with a substantial breakfast. Jimmy’s arm was in a sling, but he bore little other trace of the night’s affair. The Superintendent eyed all three of them bene…