Mr Paul’s boss was Charles Steele, though Mr Paul saw him more as a collaborator. He took orders he agreed with, considered others he was not sure about, and flat-out refused those he truly disliked. However, if it helped Steele to believe there was a hierarchy, so be it. So long as he was travelling in the direction he wanted, he was fine with that. Also, being in the background suited him.
The hotel, or a hotel, was something they both fully agreed on. It was a new concept with new aims beyond mere business. It relied on the expertise of Dr Thomas Pearce, who had stumbled across the idea; Ellen St Peters, a powerful intuit; and the many she would recruit. The goal was information, leading to power, hidden behind a veil of secrecy, and parapsychology harnessed by science. It was hard to
