I arrived back in England from that first trip America late in the evening, having succeeded in certain things but failed miserably in the most important of all; I had not discovered what it was Jimmy and the CIA were questioning Katherine about that made her pull Percy Crow"s name out of her hat. I had her confidence, and presumably that of Paulo, but for what reason and what lay behind it all? It was obvious that Mercer knew nothing of what Malcolm had told me before I left for New York and I never enlightened him. Neither did I mention what George had told me about the party.
Another failure of mine was with Serena. She had messaged me on countless occasions without one response from me in return. That I rectified as soon as I was through customs. My return trip was by British Airways
