Excerpt from The Lost Naval PapersThe mills of Scotland Yard grind Slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. There is nothing showy about them. They work by system, not by inspira tion. Though Dawson was not specially intelligent - in some respects almost stupid - he was dread fully, terrifyingly efficient, because he was part Of the Slowly grinding Scotland Yard machine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.