He hadn't recognised the ageing, twisted features of Pat Weaver, as the man on the bike had cycled lazily past. Nor had the CI5 man who was trailing Stone... Minutes before, as Stone had slipped surreptitiously from his house, his furtive movement had been picked up by Dan Monteith, stationed at the front of the house, concealed in a neighbouring garden.
Stone had slipped quietly away to the phone box
If Stone believed he had slipped quietly away to the phone box he had underestimated - or forgotten - the pursuit abilities of CI5.
He hadn't recognised the ageing, twisted features of Pat Weaver, as the man on the bike had cycled lazily past. Nor had the CI5 man who was trailing Stone... Minutes before, as Stone had slipped surreptitiously from his house, his furtive movement had been picked up by Dan Monteith, stationed at the front of the house, concealed in a neighbouring garden.</s>If Stone believed he had slipped quietly away to the phone box he had underestimated - or forgotten - the pursuit abilities of CI5.</s>Stone had slipped quietly away to the phone box