"How did you find out this investment?"
"It was in going through the Colonel's belongings, which came straight to us from Iberia, that our clerk found a letter that made reference to it. And when we began to investigate..."
"So someone else might have seen that same letter?"
Smythe shrugged. "Someone had to pack his kit. His Batman, I suppose. An orderly. Some subordinate, in any case. We could query the Colonel's commanding officer if it's important. Of course, that will take a while, even if we send our request through the dispatches."
"Would you do that, please, Mr Smythe? I think it might be important."
"Indeed?" Smythe said, his tone sceptical and his brows lifted again. "Then... Of course, I shall, Mr Sinclair. If you think it important."
Ian nodded, his mind already running ahead. And it was certainly time, he acknowledged. He had been very slow to understand what was going on.
