"Well?" I said. "Am I wrong in any point?"
"Why no," he said. "Your information tallies perfectly with all I know, and has increased the sum very much. For example, I had no idea where my Lord Shaftesbury was. I have no doubt whatever, from what you say, that he is in Wapping."
"Will you send and take him there?" I asked.
"No," he said shortly. "Leave him alone. We failed last time we took him. And he can do no great harm there. Plainly too, he is at the waterside that he may escape if there is need. I shall set spies there; and no more."
"What is to be done then? Double the guards again?"
"Why that of course," said he.
"And what else?" I asked; for I could see that he had not said all.
"A counterstroke," he said. "But of what kind? You say the rising will be pretty soon."
"I do not suppose for a week or two at the most. They were decided, I am sure; but no more."
Suddenly the man slapped his leg; and his eyes grew little with his smile.