The next day, Aiden arrived at the Queen's Hotel at the agreed time and took a seat at a double dining table as guided by a waiter.
Across from him sat a young man whom he had never seen before.
The young man looked up, stood up, doffed his hat in greeting, and then spread his hands to indicate Aiden should sit down.
No sooner had Aiden taken his seat than an envelope was passed to him from the young man's hand, all without the young man saying a word.
Aiden tore open the envelope, glanced at its contents, and found it was nothing more than a note resembling a leave request form.
"Is this the train ticket you prepared?" Aiden frowned and looked at the young man opposite him.
