The next minute he was snoring.

Misset walked round the table and deftly picked his pockets.

There was a package in one of them superscribed to "Prince Taxis, the Governor of Trent." Misset deliberately broke the seal and read the contents.

He handed the package to O'Toole, who read it, and then flinging it upon the ground danced upon it.

Misset went out of the room and found Wogan and Gaydon keeping watch by Clementina's door.