Chief Inspector Stanislaus Oates:  What exactly are you up to ? Or is it a state secret again ?
Albert Campion: I 'm taking the short road as opposed to the long road .
Chief Inspector Stanislaus Oates: Thank you very much , that 's much clearer .
Albert Campion: Or to express it in another way , it is the one occasion in a _ hundred _ when publicity would be catastrophic , official police involvement undesirable and it falls to the gifted private individual to take responsibility .
Chief Inspector Stanislaus Oates: And you are taking responsibility for what ?
Albert Campion: The safety of a great national treasure , coupled with a spot of drastic eradication .