I haven’t recovered from the last visit.’ He winced, remembering the excruciating time spent behind the hall curtain paralysed in case he should be observed by the oafish Clovis (not to mention his narrow escape from the subsequent horror!).‘But I’ve heard Cedric say that Vera has a kind of bastard integrity,’ Rosy said.‘Very bastard. If Vera gets a bee in her bonnet she can be quite unscrupulous. However, one doesn’t wish to be ungracious. She’s given me the key so I suppose I had better do as she wants.’ He gave a vexed sigh, adding, ‘But I just hope it won’t take too long, I had hoped to listen to dear Johnnie Gielgud on the radio tonight – he is giving a talk on milestones in the theatre. Rather up my street. I would prefer not to miss it.’ Feeling vaguely apologetic Rosy assured him that things could be managed quite quickly. And it was agreed that they would meet at eight-thirty by the telephone box outside Marcia’s house, slip into the kitchen via the basement, take the package from under the sink and then scoot like hell.In principle the agenda sounded fine; in practice things were less straightforward.
