“That’s…right.”
“Details?” The man’s face was quite impassive. He stood straight and Toby looked at him carefully for the first time. He was not a big man, thin like an academic, though he was taller than he first appeared. His blue eyes and blond hair were passive, like the countenance of a little boy simply waiting for the next thing to happen. His smooth face was unlined. He was ageless, somehow not twenty nor forty but indefinable somewhere between.
Toby glanced over his shoulder, no sign of Meghan yet. He lowered his voice.
“I am going to trust you, though I’m not sure why. You will be only the third person to know of this. I have created a strong relationship with Governor Landau, I am now his favorite and have his support. I wish to replace Ambassador Roland in Chartres at the Eu
