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has adopted.”
    She handed the waiter a large denomination coin. “Report back to me the next time she eats.” She unlocked the door and let the man out.
     
    “So ‘e tell me where to find this lady and I’m following ’er ’ome tonight.”
    Alice did not look pleased.
    “She’s blonde an’ pretty? I ’ates ’er already.”
    Edith Trenchard frowned at Alice’s diction. She didn’t know why the girl seemed incapable of speaking the Queen’s English.
    “Trelawney is right about Mercury House. There are men everywhere doing nothing but watching everyone who passes by. You must be inconspicuous while you wait, Tricky. Stay well back when you go and look for shadows to hide in.”
    “You can see it, even though you never bin there?” Tricky asked, unable to keep the surprise from his voice.
    “You went to look at it this morning, and as it so happens, Alice asked me to keep an eye on you.”
    Tricky turned on Alice. “Got your spies watching mi?”
    “Only this morning, when you were late,” Alice said in a hurt voice.
    Edith was an aberrant Farseer. She saw things far away clearly and could focus in on things that mattered to her or onto her friends. Her talent had come a long way in the months since they had been prisoners together in Glen Russell.
    Tricky turned to Edith, “Can you see where they ain’t watching?”
    Edith shook her head. “They make notes of anybody interesting. You got in four of their little books when you stood staring at the building.”
    “That does it. I’m coming too,” Alice said firmly.
    “’ows that gonner ’elp, you daft cow?”
    “If they see’s us canoodlin’ they ain’t gonner pay us no never no mind.”
    Tricky could see the logic in that. Seeing a couple of kids together in a dark corner cuddling would not raise suspicion, and they could stay like that for ages.
    “The things I gotta do to ’elp a friend,” he said and sighed heavily.
     
    Baxter called Harris into his inner sanctum and closed the door behind him. Harris noted the seriousness of his boss’s manner and said nothing. The safe was open and the painting covering it was propped up against the wall.
    “The Scenario Blue folder has been taken from the safe.”
    “But only you and I have the combination. Surely you are not suggesting...?”
    “No, but I wanted to check that you hadn’t taken it for some other purpose.”
    “It’s not incriminating. It is our job to investigate such matters.”
    “But why was it taken?” Baxter shook his fist as though trying to use it to crack the problem. “And nothing else.”
    “Perhaps you misplaced it, or I did?”
    Baxter looked sharply at Harris. “Did you?”
    “Not that I can remember. We need it to give credibility for our actions, to serve as a justification. Is there a copy?”
    Baxter nodded. “In the archives, but I can’t get a copy made, at least not now.”
    “Why not?”
    “Because it’s too close to the event and I would have to explain what happened to the original. The Director of MM3 is not God. The security people would become involved.”
    “Do we call it off?”
    Baxter shook his head. “The Brotherhood would kill us for suggesting it. After the mess in Scotland, they need this to restore their credibility with the membership. And in any case, our contribution is only a small part of it.”
    “Who do you suspect?”
    “Trelawney, it’s always the incorruptible Trelawney, even when he’s not here.”
     
    “I’m so excited,” Laura confessed. “I haven’t shopped for clothes since before I met Tom.”
    Daisy smiled, she felt the same excitement as her friend. It was always good to go shopping, and in this case, there was a vital extra element. If she failed today, the whole elaborate future she had planned would fall apart. She was also relying on Tom and Dougal, but all they had to do was follow their respective natures. She hoped Tom wasn’t going too far, but on the other hand, a man should have some