He intrusted me then with a very important mission.

He gave me a letter to deliver to Mr.Blaine Harvey." "But I don't understand!" he protested.

"Why should he give you the letter when he was in London himself ?" "I asked him that question myself, naturally," she answered.

"He told me that it was an understood thing that when he was over here on business he was not even to cross the threshold of the Embassy, or hold any direct communication with any person connected with it.

Everything had to be done through a third party, and generally in duplicate.