x months' time appreciably affect the position either
way. Therefore, we choose to have you concentrate the whole of your
energies upon one task and one task only. If there is anything of the
spy about your mission here, it is not England or the English which
are to engage your attention. We require you to concentrate wholly and
entirely upon Terniloff."

Dominey was startled.

"Terniloff?" he repeated. "I expected to work with him, but--"

"Empty your mind of all preconceived ideas," Seaman enjoined. "What your
duties are with regard to Terniloff will grow upon you gradually as the
situation develops."

"As yet," Dominey remarked, "I have not even made his acquaintance."

"I was on the point of telling you, earlier in our conversation, that I
have made an appointment for you to see him at eleven o'clock to-night
at the Embassy. You will go to him at that hour. Remember, you know
nothing, you are waiting for instructions. Let speech remain with him
alone. Be particularly careful not to drop him a hint of your knowledge
of what is coming. You will find him absolutely satisfied with the
situation, absolutely content. Take care not to disturb him. He is a
missioner of peace. So are you."

"I begin to understand," Dominey said thoughtfully.

"You shall understand everything when the time comes for you to take a
hand," Seaman promised, "and do not in your zeal forget, my friend, that
your utility to our great cause will depend largely upon your being able
to establish and maintain your position as an English gentleman. So far
all has gone well?"

"Perfectly, so far as I am concerned," Dominey replied. "You must
remember, though, that there is your end to keep up. Berlin will be
receiving frantic messages from East Africa as to my disappearance. Not
even my immediate associates were in the secret."

"That is all understood," Seaman assured his companion. "A little doctor
named Schmidt has spent many marks of the Government money in frantic
cables. You must have endeared yourself to him."

"He was a very faithful associate."

"He has been a very troublesome friend. It seems that the natives got
their stories rather mixed up concerning your namesake, who apparently
died in the bush, and Schmidt continually emphasised your promise to
let him hear from Cape Town. However, all this has been dealt with
satisfactorily. The only real dangers are over here, and so far you seem
to have encountered the principal ones."

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