The trip to London was
uneventful. At Euston Station we were met by Captain Robinson. We
went into a private waiting-room where Captain Robinson signed a paper
for the Lieutenant-governor. It was what amounted to a receipt for
the prison's delivery of me into his hands. Then the
lieutenant-governor left us; then Robinson left, after handing over an
envelope containing cash and instructions.
I was alone and free. I could then and there have disappeared.
Obviously the English government trusted me fully.
My first move was to register at the Russel Square Hotel. Opening the
envelope in my rooms, I found it contained ten pounds and the
following instructions:
"Telephone at 10.30 to-morrow morning, this number Mayfair--"
I telephoned the Mayfair number and was told to hold the wire. Then
Captain Robinson got on the phone and told me to meet him at luncheon
that day at one o'clock at the Imperial Hotel. There another
gentleman joined us--a Mr. Morgan, whom I easily judged and afterwards
knew to be of the English Secret Service. Presently Morgan told me
that I was to drive with Captain Robinson to Downing Street that
afternoon.
"One of our ministers wishes to see you," he explained.
We drove to Downing Street, Captain Robinson and I, and stopped before
the historic governmental building. After we had signed the book that
all visitors to "Downing Street" must sign, I was ushered into an
anteroom and Robinson took his leave.
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