The Big Four, Is It?

Hercule Perot offered Hastings a fortune to help him solve his problems. He said: 'For this last year and a half, I have been a very lonely old man' But then he added: 'I will admit that had not the money offered been so big, I might have hesitated' The pair were interrupted by an unexpected guest in their room. It turned out to be a burglar - who must have had a stiff climb event? "Nothing but a matter of life or death could detain me now," says Hercule Perot.