'Three days ago Sir Walter Bullivant and Mr Macgillivray told you to come here tonight and to wait here for further instructions.

You met them in the little smoking-room at the back of the Rota Club.

You were bidden take the name of Cornelius Brand, and turn yourself from a successful general into a pacifist South African engineer.

Is that correct ?' 'Perfectly.' 'You have been restless all evening looking for the messenger to give you these instructions.

Set your mind at ease.