But--this is most considerate of him.

He has saved me such a lot of trouble." The colonel effected my release at once; and he and I walked down Whitehall together in the bright sun that seemed so good to me after the bleak walls of the Yard.

Again he apologized for turning suspicion my way the previous day; but I assured him I held no grudge for that.
"One or two things I do not understand," I said.

"That letter I brought from Interlaken--" "Simple enough," he replied.

"Enwright--who, by the way, is now in the Tower--wanted to communicate with Fraser-Freer, who he supposed was a loyal member of the band.