‘Yes?’‘Sir, it’s Corporal Wainwright, sir,’ said the NCO, saluting. ‘Major Hervey’s coverman.’Laming half smiled. ‘Indeed! Do you seek me out? How is Major Hervey?’‘He’s in trouble, sir,’ replied Wainwright, lowering his voice. ‘I came here to tell, sir, but I don’t know who.’‘Trouble? What sort of trouble?’ Laming glanced about. There was no one within earshot, but it was perishing cold, and the street was no place to hear of it. ‘Come inside.’Wainwright removed his shako as they entered the legation, a fine palácio not many minutes’ walk from where Hervey was meant to be lodged at Reeves’s Hotel in the Rua do Prior. Laming removed his forage cap after announcing himself to a footman, who showed them to a small ante-room.‘How do you know me, Corporal?’‘Major Hervey spoke of you, sir, and you came to the barracks at Hounslow once.’Laming’s brow furrowed. ‘Are you the man who carried Major Hervey to that ship at Rangoon?’‘Sir, yes, sir.’‘Very well,’ said Laming, thoughtful.
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