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 What about the leg? How bad is it?
 Not too good, according to the consultant in charge. He ll be lame for the
rest of his life. It could have been worse, mind you.
 No more second-storey work at any rate, Mallory commented.
 Which could make this injury a blessing in disguise, Miller pointed out.
Mallory shook his head.  I hardly think so. Once a thief always a thief and
Doyle s a good one  up there with the best. Clever, resourceful, hightly
intelligent. When you think of it, he hasn t done anything like the time he
should have considering what he s got away with in the past. He ll find
something else that s just as crooked, mark my words.
Which was probably true, but Miller wasn t going down without a fight.  On the
other hand if he hadn t been around last night Jenny Crowther would have been
number five on Faulkner s list and we d have been no further forward. I d also
like to point out that we d have been in a damn bad way without him up there
on the roof.
 Which is exactly how the newspapers and the great British public will see it,
Miller, Mallory said.  You needn t flog it to death. As a matter of interest
I ve already dictated a report for the Home Secretary in which I state that in
my opinion Doyle had earned any break we can give him.
Miller s tiredness dropped away like an old cloak.  What do you think that
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could mean  a pardon?
Mallory laughed out loud.  Good God, no. If he s lucky, they ll release him in
ten months on probation as they would have done anyway if he hadn t run for
it.
 Fair enough, sir.
 No, it isn t, Miller. He ll be back. You ll see.
 I m putting my money on Jenny Crowther. Miller got to his feet.  I d better
go now, sir. You look as if you could do with some sleep.
 And you look as if you might fall down at any moment. Miller turned, a hand
on the door and Mallory called,  Miller?
 Yes, sir?
 Regarding that little wager of ours. I was right about Phillips  he killed
Grace Packard just as I said, but taking everything else into consideration
I ve decided to give you your pound back, and no arguments.
He switched off the light with his good hand and Miller went out, closing the
door softly behind him.
He took the lift down to the entrance hall and found Jack Brady standing
outside the night sister s small glass office talking to her. They turned as
Miller came forward and the sister frowned.
 You look awful. You should be in your bed, really you should.
 Is that an invitation, Sister? Miller demanded and kissed her on the cheek.
Brady tapped out his pipe and slipped a hand under Miller s arm.  Come on,
Nick, let s go.
 Go where?
 The nearest pub. I d like to see what a large whisky does for you, then I ll
take you home.
 You re an Irish gentleman, Jack. God bless you for the kind thought.
They went out through the glass doors. The rain had stopped and Miller took a
deep breath of fresh, damp air.  Hell is always today, Jack, never tomorrow.
Have you ever noticed that?
 It s all that keeps a good copper going, Brady said and they went down the
steps together.
Titles by Jack Higgins
HELL IS ALWAYS TODAY
BAD COMPANY
MIDNIGHT RUNNER
THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT
EDGE OF DANGER
DAY OF RECKONING
THE KEYS OF HELL
THE WHITE HOUSE CONNECTION
IN THE HOUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT
EAST OF DESOLATION
THE PRESIDENT S DAUGHTER
PAY THE DEVIL
FLIGHT OF EAGLES
YEAR OF THE TIGER
DRINK WITH THE DEVIL
NIGHT JUDGEMENT AT SINOS
ANGEL OF DEATH
SHEBA
ON DANGEROUS GROUND
THUNDER POINT
EYE OF THE STORM (also published as MIDNIGHT MAN)
THE EAGLE HAS FLOWN
COLD HARBOUR
MEMORIES OF A DANCE-HALL ROMEO
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A SEASON IN HELL
NIGHT OF THE FOX
CONFESSIONAL
EXOCET
TOUCH THE DEVIL
LUCIANO S LUCK
SOLO
DAY OF JUDGMENT
STORM WARNING
THE LAST PLACE GOD MADE
A PRAYER FOR THE DYING
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
THE RUN TO MORNING
DILLINGER
TO CATCH A KING
THE VALHALLA EXCHANGE
THE KHUFRA RUN
A GAME FOR HEROES
THE WRATH OF GOD
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