They kept it for a few days, worse luck, thinking it was only nonsense, as it was in code.

Washington got hold of it, however, and cabled it to us last night.

I enclose a copy, decoded.
Sincerely yours, JERE CHALMERS.
The copy was brief enough.

Maggie felt her heart sink as she glanced through the few lines: Report dispatched London.

Fear escape impossible.