The Body Snatchers Affair
“He settled for tearing the black tunic into strips and using them to bind the coward’s hands and feet. Mock Quan was still unconscious when he finished.
It took him only a few short minutes to track down one of the police patrols. He identified himself and quickly explained the reasons for what had happened, including his discovery of Bing Ah Kee’s remains. The patrolmen, fortunately, were among the brighter members of their breed; although skeptical at first, they agreed to a request that Lieu...tenant Price be notified immediately, and while one of them used a police call box to contact the Hall of Justice and request a paddy wagon, the other accompanied Quincannon to the temple.
Mock Quan was groggily awake by then, struggling in vain to free himself from his bonds. He attempted a bluff at first, claiming to the patrolman that the fan kwei detective had sought to murder him and he was the one who had acted in self-defense, but the words fell on deaf ears. Mock Quan’s pistol—jammed, as it turned out—and his fear-raddled visage, coolie disguise, and highborn mow yung were sufficiently damning.MoreLess
It took him only a few short minutes to track down one of the police patrols. He identified himself and quickly explained the reasons for what had happened, including his discovery of Bing Ah Kee’s remains. The patrolmen, fortunately, were among the brighter members of their breed; although skeptical at first, they agreed to a request that Lieu...tenant Price be notified immediately, and while one of them used a police call box to contact the Hall of Justice and request a paddy wagon, the other accompanied Quincannon to the temple.
Mock Quan was groggily awake by then, struggling in vain to free himself from his bonds. He attempted a bluff at first, claiming to the patrolman that the fan kwei detective had sought to murder him and he was the one who had acted in self-defense, but the words fell on deaf ears. Mock Quan’s pistol—jammed, as it turned out—and his fear-raddled visage, coolie disguise, and highborn mow yung were sufficiently damning.MoreLess
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