"To be sure, there's always a plan." And he sat down again heavily, as though he put no faith in plans.
Misset and Gaydon drew their chairs closer to Wogan's and instinctively lowered their voices to the tone of a whisper.
"Is her Highness warned of the attempt ?" asked Gaydon.
"As soon as I obtained the King's permission," replied Wogan, "I hurried to Innspruck.

There I saw Chateaudoux, the chamberlain of the Princess's mother.

Here is a letter he dropped in the cathedral for me to pick up." He drew the letter from his fob and handed it to Gaydon.

Gaydon read it and handed it to Misset.

Misset nodded and handed it to O'Toole, who read it four times and handed it back to Gaydon with a flourish of the hand as though the matter was now quite plain to him.
"Chateaudoux has a sweetheart," said he, sententiously.