19Moscow, Russia
June 1918
Bruce Lockhart could not calm down after he finished the call. The plan had been starting to gel, and he remained highly optimistic that the mission could be accomplished. His network continued to expand, and their first detailed planning session would be taking place later in the week. In the midst of this, he learned that Sidney Reilly had arrived back in Moscow. In fact, Lockhart had been waiting for the arrival of this key agent, but the manner of Reilly’s arrival totally galled the proper British envoy.
Lockhart had been drinking tea and reading the latest edition of Pravda when he got the call. At first, the story seemed too ridiculous to believe. Arriving less than an hour before from Siberia, Sidney Reilly had traveled directly to the Kremlin. At the g
