He came on a Thursday afternoon, unannounced this time.
I was in the records room when Eli appeared in the doorway and said, in the neutral tone he reserved for information that required my attention and my judgment simultaneously, that Lord Halverin had arrived and was asking whether I had a few minutes. Not a meeting. Not a scheduled appointment. A few minutes, in the language of a man who had something specific to say and had decided not to wait for a convenient time to arrive on its own.
I went to the east sitting room.
