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0637 GMT

Jackie didn’t need a wake-up call thatShe was already on her way to Waterloo station by the ti down the M4

La for her on platform eleven, and they boarded the 729 to Guildford, second class On arrival they were met by Superintendent Wall, the only man from the Surrey Constabulary who’d been fully briefed on what they had planned for the rest of the day

‘You don’t have a driver?’ said Lanition

‘Cutbacks,’ he growled

0714 GMT

William spotted him the moment he entered the terminal A dark blue double-breasted blazer, white shirt and striped tie The commander probably slept in double-breasted pyjamas

‘Good , sir’

‘Good ht 003 to Ro in an hour and a half, and we’re on an Alitalia plane which takes off in forty minutes Lieutenant Monti willto Civitavecchia We’ll hang about here for a few more minutes to ht be following him, he could abort his whole trip, in which case we’ll be heading back to Scotland Yard, not Rorabbed William by the arm and nodded in the direction of the BA desks Carter was striding towards the check-in counter, acco a bulky holdall and pushing a trolley with two small suitcases

‘I have a feeling I knohat’s in that holdall,’ said Hawksby ‘But there’s not a lot we can do about it’

‘We could have them searched by security before he boards the plane’

‘That’s the last thing ant’

‘Why?’

‘For two reasons,’ said Hawksby as Carter was issued with his boarding pass ‘First, we’d need to have reasonable suspicion that he’d coe, and secondly, if we didn’t find anything suspicious, ould have warned them off and blown our cover’

‘Do you recognize the other man?’ asked William as they headed towards passport control