Heritage noted that his right arm was tied up, and that the mackintosh sleeve was empty, and that brought him enlightenment.

It was Loudon the factor, whom Dickson had winged the night before.

The two of them passed out of view in the direction of Spidel.
The sight awoke Heritage to the supreme unpleasantness of his position.
He was utterly alone on the headland, and his allies had vanished into space, while the enemy plans, moving like clockwork, were approaching their consummation.

For a second he thought of leaving the Tower and hiding somewhere in the cliffs.

He dismissed the notion unwillingly, for he remembered the task that had been set him.