Gaydon watched, but never got any nearer to a solution of the mystery.

At the end of the sixth day he was more puzzled and interested than ever, for closely as he had watched he had not seen the face of any man who had passed in and out of that door.
But he was to see a face that night.
At nine o'clock a messenger from Edgar, the secretary, brought him a package which contained a letter and the passport for these six days delayed.

The letter warned him that Edgar himself would come to fetch him in the morning to his audience with James.

The passport gave authority to a Flemish nobleman, the Count of Cernes, to make a pilgrimage to Loretto with his wife and family.

The name of Warner had served its turn and could no longer be employed.
As soon as the messenger had gone, Gaydon destroyed Edgar's letter, put the passport safely away in his breast, and since he had not left his room that day, put on his hat.