Directly he knew for certain that this man was about to leave Russia, he was to communicate with me by cypher, and with my representative in Berlin, and then follow him with all speed to that city himself.

As I had good reason to know, he was a shrewd and intelligent fellow, and one who never forgot any instructions that might be given him.

Knowing that he was a great votary of the Goddess Nicotine, I gave him a few cigars to smoke on the way to Dover.
"Write to me immediately you have seen your man," I said.

"Remember me to Herr Schneider, and if you should see----" I came to a sudden stop, for there, among the crowd, not three carriage-lengths away from me, a travelling-rug thrown over his shoulder, and carrying a small brown leather bag in his hand, stood Gideon Hayle.

Unfortunately, he had already seen me, and almost before I realized what he was doing, he was making his way through the crowd in the direction of the main entrance.