Chapter 22

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​⁠It was to Merrington's credit as an official that he suppressed his feelings as a man on hearing Caldew's story, and did everything possible to retrieve the situation once he was convinced that Nepcote had fled. Any lingering doubts he may have had were scattered on learning, after confidential inquiry at Whitehall, that Captain Nepcote had not put in an appearance at the War Office that day, and