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Maclean slung a small bag onto the back seat. No more than you’d take to the tennis club of an afternoon.

“Is that all?” Burgess said. “I’ve got a whole suitcase.”

Maclean ignored this, gave him one of his cold-fish looks, the pouty bottom lip poutier than ever.

“What’s all this Roger Styles nonsense?”

“Oh. Just thinking on my toes. After all, it’s going to be a mysterious affair, isn’t it?”

“If we miss this boat it’s going to be a deadly affair.”