“Lady Heathcote——”
“Oh, yes. It was at her house in London that the message passed to you.”
“Yes, Excellenz.”
Von Stromberg paused a moment and then spoke abruptly.
“Why did you not give the papers to Rizzio?”
Hammersley’s gaze met the General’s squarely.
“They were too important. I could not take the risk.”
“But his orders superseded yours.”
“I saw—but I could not take the risk.”
“Why?”