"Very well," she said, and as soon as he had left the room she tore open the letter with trembling fingers.

A roll of unfolded notes done up in a wrapper fell out of it.

She disengaged the letter and began reading it at the end.

" Preparations shall be made for your arrival here...I attach particular significance to compliance$JMR" she read.

She ran on, then back, read it all through, and once more read the letter all through again from the beginning.