6/27 I found him at Redondo's ball last week in the uniform of a Portuguese major, and through him I was able to track down Souza's chief instrument--I discovered them closeted with him in one of the card-rooms." "And you didn't arrest them ?" "Arrest them! I apologised for my intrusion, and withdrew. La Fleche took his leave of them. He was to have left Lisbon at dawn equipped with a passport countersigned by yourself, my dear adjutant." "What's that ?" "A passport for Major Vieira of the Portuguese Cacadores. Do you remember it ?" "Major Vieira!" Sir Terence frowned thoughtfully. |