"We get no nearer to him." "Wait a bit!" Fairbairn interposed.

"We are a deal nearer to him through Zimmermann's very letter here.

What are these tubes which have been so successful in France?
Once we get hold of them and understand them and know what end they are to serve, we may get an idea of the kind of man obviously suitable for handling them." "Like B45," said Hillyard.
"Yes! The search will be narrowed to one kind of man.

Oh, we shall be much nearer, if only we get the tubes--if only the Germans in Madrid don't guess this letter's gone astray to us." Hillyard had reflected already upon that contingency.
"But why should they?
The sleeping-car man is held _incomunicado_.

There is no reason why they should know anything about this letter at all, if we lay our plans carefully." He folded up the letter and locked it away in the drawer.