In the letter that George opened from Probyn and Fellow of number nine Lincoln"s Inn, Maudlin"s solicitors, most of the truth was revealed, written on fine expensive cotton paper. One thing that remained unrevealed was Tanya"s real relationship to him and that of the Patersons. However, one thing was extremely relevant to the murders of his complicated "step" relative Elliot and his son Edward: the means of communicating with his father Paulo, and what to do with any communiqué.
After an admirably modest preamble by Maudlin, in which he described both his own and his Aunt Loti"s role in extricating him from his entanglement inside Russia, George read on in increasing fascination. He had been a quiet, unpretentious, boy, not altering his approach to life on reaching young adulthood through
