Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

“ The little man may have thought that he was acting and that the laugh was mere bravado. But the laugh was genuine and came from sheer joy at the news that little Molly was still alive. The uncertainty of her fate had worried Wentworth, since he blamed himself for what might have happened to her. ”

“ As he did so, Wentworth sprang forward kicking the pistol to the door in his rush.
At the door he literally butted Mack out into the hall and, at the same time, scooped the pistol from the floor as he followed him out of the room.
People are always upset by the sudden presence of the police. Their invasion of a place of entertainment, no matter how innocent that place may be, is alarming. And in Mortimer Mack's extraordinary establishment there was much hurrying about by excited, frightened people. ”

“ But if Mortimer Mack could be suave and casual, so also could Richard Wentworth. He opened the book again where his bloody fingers had kept the place and read aloud. "The politicians sway the voting of the ignorant masses and indirectly rule the city despotically. It only remains for an arch rogue to arise who will coerce the politicians and reduce the city to a state of absolute slavery." ”