"No, no! Between ourselves, I should have passed the thing over as unimportant, but—well, the order came from higher up."
"You mean the chief revoked my commission?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen the chief, but the order came from his office."
"With this prison affair given as the reason?"
"Yes."
"And now Gibelin is in charge of the case?"
"Yes."
"And I am discharged from the force? Discharged in disgrace?"
"It's a great pity, but——"
"Do you think I'll stand for it? Do you know me so little as that?" cut in the other with increasing heat.