The expensive shops in a famours arcade near Priecadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning,the arcade was almost a empty.Mr.Taylor,the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new windows display.Two of his assistant had been working busily since eight o’clock and had only just finished.Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet After gazing at the display for several minutes .Mr.Taylor went back into his shop.
The silence was suddently broken when a large car,with its headlights on and its horn blaring,roared down the arcade.It came to stop outside the jeweller’s.One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the windows of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on,Mr.Taylor was upstairs.He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.One of the thieves was strcuk by a heavy statues,but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.Just as it was leaving.Mr.Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves.They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.