He would be going home in any case.

There were those tubes.

There was B45.

He had enjoyed no leave since he had left England.

Yes, he would go down to Rackham Park, and take Harry Luttrell with him if he could.
Two days later the Commandant Marnier came to see him at the Ritz Hotel.
They dined together in a corner of the restaurant.
"We have solved the problem of those tubes," said Marnier.