The meeting in Moscow had unnerved Paulo, a sensation he rarely felt. He had lived on the edge all his life in one way or another, but this was different, and much closer to home. The kneeling figure of John the Steadfast was a last-resort card to play, and nothing in his son"s life had indicated its need. The description given to Paulo of the depositor of that print in St Anslems did not match the ones he had been given of George since he had first seen his son in Maudlin"s photographs, but it came close to another. George had used Grönwohld on several occasions, forwarding on Jack"s insights into the English commercial and political life, when his father had notified him as to which hotel to leave his messages.
Paulo"s friends, both in Russia and the Middle East, avidly embraced Jack"s
