“Well,” said Mosgorovsky, “I don’t think we need discuss matters any further. You have all seen the plans. I do not think our original scheme can be bettered. By the way, I hear something about a letter of Gerald Wade’s that has been found⁠—a letter that mentions this organisation. Who found it?”

“Lord Cunningham’s daughter⁠—Lady Eileen Brent.”

“Bauer should have been on to that,” said Mosgorovsky. “It was careless of him. Who was the letter written to?”

“His sister, I believe,” said No. 3.

“Unfortunate,” said Mosgorovsky. “But it cannot be helped. The inquest on Ronald Devereux is tomorrow. I suppose that has been arranged for?”

“Reports as to local lads having been practising with rifles have been spread everywhere,” said the American.