“Dilsmead Hall was a large and beautiful mansion built by a 19th-century manufacturer, and Bryce’s office was on its upper floor. FUP had taken it over, to house their northern enterprise, but had taken a much publicized pride in preserving as much of the house as possible.”
“They reached the lifts and, naturally, had to wait for one. Bryce would have preferred to climb the stairs. He folded his arms, ‘I wouldn’t rely too much on them being scared of us. They might be, but -it’s like hoping a ferret won’t bite you because it’s scared, when truth is, the more scared a ferret is, the more likely it is to bite you.‘”