When deception can win, never rely on violence.
——Niccolo Machiavelli "The Prince"
The street scenes of Paris appeared particularly charming in the twilight glow, but the people in the detective agency had no time to admire it. Everyone's attention was almost entirely captivated by Arthur's account of the events on the day of the explosion at the Kaidao Sai Mansion and the ensuing chase for the assassin.
Perhaps for a pig farmer in the countryside of York, telling a lie with open eyes is a challenge as hard as climbing to the sky.
But for Sir Arthur Hastings, who received a history education at the University of London, spent three years as a detective at Scotland Yard, and published the "Hastings Case Files," storytelling has almost become a professional habit.
