The thing wouldn\t have happened if any other constable than Collins
had been put on point duty at Blackfriars Bridge that morning. For
Collins was young, good-looking, and - knew it. Nature had gifted him
with a susceptible heart and a fond eye for the beauties of femininity.
So when he looked round and saw the woman threading her way through the
maze of vehicles at \Dead Man\s Corner, \ with her skirt held up just
enough to show two twinkling little feet in French shoes, and over them
a graceful, willowy figure, and over that an enchanting, if rather too
highly tinted face, with almond eyes and a fluff of shining hair under
the screen of a big Parisian hat - that did for him on the spot.....
Reprint of the detective novel starring Hamilton Cleek, the master of
disguise. Originally published in 1912.