"Henry, I assure you I never presumed to improve on—"
The detective swallowed.
"In this interview," he blared, "you said that since the authorities apparently hadn't been able to do anything about it yet, you were going to take it in hand yourself."
Simon inclined his head.
"That," he admitted, "is the same thought in judicial language."
"Well, you can't do it!"
"Why not?"
"Because it's — it's—"
"Tell me," said the Saint innocently. "What is the particular law that forbids any public-spirited citizen to do his little bit towards purifying a sinful world?"
"In this interview," Fernack repeated like an overstrained litany, "you said you had a personal inside line that was going to get results very quickly."