"I hope it won't be necessary," I replied, in the manner of a schoolboy squirming under the chaff of his betters.
"One moment," he added, as I turned to leave the room.
I paused, and he went again to the desk and fumbled among the papers. He returned bearing a sealed envelope.
"Here are your instructions," he said, "to be opened when you get to Hanover. Don't fail to fulfil them. You may have friends in high quarters, but you will kindly conform to your official orders."
"They will be obeyed to the letter," I said formally, and, clicking my heels, I turned and left the room.
I found on reaching the street that the car had disappeared, but there was a servant waiting with my suit-case. I went up to him and took it from his hands.
"I will look after that myself," I said. "You need not
