Chapter 22

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌⁠The Red Signal

Superintendent Battle was standing in the library at Wyvvern Abbey.

George Lomax, seated before a desk overflowing with papers, was frowning portentously.

Superintendent Battle had opened proceedings by making a brief and business-like report. Since then, the conversation had lain almost entirely with George, and Battle had contented himself with making brief and usually monosyllabic r