Published in the US magazine Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, likely taken from the BBC radio teleplay, 02/1981. Printed in the collection .
Mr. Calder's car breaks down and while he awaits repairs, he stops in at a local inn, The Pike and Eels. He overhears a dispute between a Major Porter, aided by his assistant, and a young man who worked at the Major's gambling club. As Calder works to diffuse the situation on one end, things heat up in another way, resulting in trained killers being imported into the country.