The plan, though the authorities probably did not consider this, had the incidental advantage of gratifying the lady herself.

She was perfectly acquainted with most of the officers who were put on her track, and was always in good spirits when she recognised one of them waiting for her in Westland Row Station.

Captain Quinn kept a watch on her face with his sharp shifting eyes while he spoke, and he was quick to realize that he had hit on a way of flattering her.
'You are a person, Miss Goold, of whose actions the Government is bound to take cognisance.

I dare say they have their suspicions of me, and if you and I are seen together in Dublin during the next week or two there will certainly be inquiries; whereas, if I go over to Paris at once, there will be no reason to watch you or anybody else.' Augusta Goold hesitated.
'What do you say, Mr.Conneally ?' she asked.
Hyacinth was puzzled at this extreme eagerness to be off.

A suspicion crossed his mind that the Captain meditated some kind of treachery.