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Clifford came to his Mayfair dwelling in time for a hasty lunch, and he came alone. He had left strict injunctions with Joe Bray to keep himself hidden, a very necessary precaution, for Joe was essentially an open-air man who chafed at confinement. His first act on arrival was to call a Mayfair number.
"Mr Leggat is not in," was the reply, and Clifford cursed the affable traitor who had promised to be available from one o'clock onwards.