The arrest wasn't going to happen until either the late hours of the night or the wee hours of the morning. Experience taught them that the best way to capture a particularly difficult subject was to barge into their home when they were fast asleep. The disorientation that most of them felt when first waking up was usually enough of an advantage to those serving the warrants. So was catching the subject in a particular passionate encounter. Naked suspects rarely ran. Nott might have been nearing the century mark, but he was not someone they should easily discount. His repertoire of deadly curses was impressive.