Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

“ I believe that all these crimes, however, are but steps toward a greater crime which he is now planning— a crime so great that it will, if it is perpetrated, dwarf all his other crimes. He is a great actor, a genius. There is no other man like him."
"Yes, there is," said the reporter slowly while he regarded his companion thoughtfully through his cigarette smoke. "You are a great actor, yourself, Mr. Wentworth. You think like lightning and you act while you think. You could do everything that this criminal has done." ”

“ Wentworth chuckled as if he were remembering something. "Such a woman can only have one relation for any man. Madame Pompé is our criminal's 'good time girl,' and that is the reason that I am telling you all this, Sparks." ”

“ Wentworth laughed, pleasantly and frankly. "You are a good man, Sparks, and— you are right. Your newspaper training has taught you to read character. Are you, by any chance, suggesting that I am this criminal?" ”