Part 2, Chapter 4

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​⁠The moment I reached the office I rang up the Record, our evening sheet. But their reporters were still out, and nobody could yet tell me anything about the accident I didn't already know. Willett, my young colleague on the Circus, did not propose to give the story exceptional treatment.

"If the thing caught fire in the air we'll let it alone," he said. "Fire's too much of a bugbear. We want the jo