It’s not polite to ask ” he said with a slight smile. “One must never ask a policeman his secrets.”
“Why not ”
“For the same reason I don’t ask you yours.”
How I adored this man! Here we were the two of us engaged in a mental game of chess in which both of us knew that one of us was cheating.
At the risk of repetition, how I adored this man!
Auteur: Alan Bradley