Excerpt from The Box With Broken Seals
James Crawshay, Englishman of the type usually described in transatlantic circles as "some Britisher," lolled apparently at his ease upon the couch of the too-resplendent sitting room in the Hotel Magnificent, Chicago. Hobson, his American fellow traveler, on the other hand, betrayed his anxiety by his nervous pacing up and down the apartment. Both men bore traces in their appearance of the long journey which they had only just completed.
"I think," Crawshay decided, yawning, "that I shall have a bath. I feel gritty, and my collar - heavens, what a sight! Your trains, Hobson, may be magnificent, but your coal is filthy. I will have a bath while your friend, the policeman, makes up his mind whether to come and see us or not."
His companion treated the suggestion with scant courtesy.
"You will do nothing of the sort," was his almost fierce objection. "We"ve got to wait right here until Chief of Police Downs comes along. There"s something crooked about this business, something I don"t understand, and the sooner we get to the bottom of it, the better."
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