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“Take a look at this,” she said

“‘The parcel has been delivered and thethe letter aloud “‘The item of interest shall cease to be a concern within 72 hours’ Signed, Bishop Lowery, Portsmouth Diocese”

Julie set the letter down and gave Summer a blank look “I’m afraid I don’t see the relevancy,” she said

“Look at the date”

Julie gazed at the top of the letter “June 2, 1916 Three days before the Hampshire sank,” she said in a surprised voice

“It would seem,” Summer said quietly, “that the plot has thickened”

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AFTER EXITING THE LIBRARY, RIDLEY BANNISTER MADE his way across the La adjacent to the h an unmarked door, he stepped into a cramped office, where a handful of men in security uniforms stared at video surveillancethe quizzical look from a man seated near the door, Bannister stepped toward a private office in the rear and walked through its open door

A falcon-eyeda live video feed on his coures of Julie and Su roo Bannister a disappointed look

“Bannister, there you are You were supposed to check in with me before the ladies arrived Now you’ve blown your cover”

Bannister slid into a wooden chair facing the desk “Sorry, old boy, they forgotI do want to thank you for the airline tickets, though Glad you remembered first class this time”

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s chief of security ground his teeth in contempt

“You did purge the files before they were turned over to the toward his computer screen

“I’ve been through those files before, Judkins,” Bannister said, picking a piece of lint off his jacket “There’s nothing incri in those files”

Judkins’s face turned red “You had orders to review and clean those files”