The Saint grinned as he swung the convertible around a corner.

“Never mind, Hoppy,” he said. “It helps to tone down the pattern... Anyway, all I saw was two gentlemen with handkerchiefs over their faces in a black sedan with no rear licence plate.”

Hoppy scowled.

“I seen dat too,” he grumbled. “What I wanna know is, who wuz dey?”

“Did you notice the outside hand of the fellow driving the car? It flashed in the sun.”

Mr Uniatz blinked.

“Huh?”

“He was wearing a lot of finger jewellery.”

“Finger jewellery?”

“Rings — large flashy rings.”