The following day the Daily Express, the London Evening News, the Evening Standard, the Star and the Daily Telegraph joined the fray.
It was Saturday afternoon when Lawrence called Troy.
‘There has been a development. I am invited to dinner by Rod at Church Row this evening.’
‘In what way is that a development?’
‘I am invited to meet Maurice White. And I am invited to meet Ted Steele – Lord Spoon, as you and Rod are wont to call him. The last time I saw Lord Spoon was in the Empress, deep in conversation with the Ryan twins.’
‘You went in? I thought I told you not to?’
‘Grow up, Freddie. Now, do you feel like gatecrashing your brother’s dinner party?’
‘If I do that neither Rod nor Spoon will say what it is they have to say. But I’ll be there all the same. And I’ll be listening.’
‘Listening? Where?’