The Vanished Messenger

On a nearly deserted platform at Liverpool Street, John P. Dunster orders a special train—and a young golfer, having missed the boat train, asks to join him. Dunster’s eyes sharpen at the young man’s name: Gerald Fentolin.

It is the evening of April 2 in London, where storm warnings darken the journey east to Harwich and the newspapers speak of war. Dunster is in a hurry, watchful and close-lipped; Gerald is desperate to reach The Hague for a golf tournament, yet curiously unmoved by the threat of fighting. Dunster grants him a place on the train, though he has reasons to hesitate—and the station-master warns that the storm may make the crossing impossible. What is Dunster racing toward, and what will their journey reveal about Gerald Fentolin?

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