He spoke quickly as he was feeling half-afraid that the Prince might ask him something about his work in The Great Game.
The Marquis was determined not to speak about it except behind closed doors and he knew only too well how gossip flew on the air in London.
Those who chattered away lightly had no idea how many spies the Russians operated in England and indeed in all parts of the world.
It would not have surprised the Marquis if he had been told that one of the Prince’s guests tonight would be relaying anything that was said to the Russian Embassy.
From the Russian Embassy it would go straight to St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg would use it as they used other information as a weapon to strike at India with.
The Marquis reached his house in Berkeley Square and thought with a feelin
