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CHAPTER I<br >The policeman on duty at the desk heard sobbing<br >long before the woman came into sight. He was<br >able to follow her progress down the corridor by<br >the increasing audibility of the sobs. He knew, with<br >the sad resignation of a man long accustomed to<br >the blows of a malicious fate, that she was heading<br >straight for him. And he was alone on duty right<br >nOW.<br > Saturday was always a bad day in this district -<br >although not usually ~o early in the day - and his<br >usual morale raiser di~dn t always help. He had<br >spent long hours working out and reworking the<br >sums. But there were too many years to go until<br >he reached retirement - decades, in fact.<br > He fell back on his secondary source of inner<br >strength: how much longer could it be until his<br >transfer finally came through ? This district would<br >be the death of him.<br > The sobs were closer, zeroing in on him. Another<br >domestic quarrel. Another stupid female who d<br >been knocked around all night and now "ffi~<br >coming to the police in the morning.<br > She d tell her story, she d swear out her complaint<br >- fine. They d got that far before. Then came the<br >hesitations, the second thoughts, the weaseling out<br >- at best. At worst, they both turned on you and let<br >fly. (How dare you interfere between a man and<br >his woman? No matter that the woman had<br >invited - insisted on - your interference.) You were<br ><br >
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