Summary of Chapter 7

Hannay walks to Turnbull’s cottage to look for Scudder’s notebook. He takes a train back to London but gets off to meet the Foreign Office Secretary, Sir Walter. Hannay tells Sir Walter about the German plot, Scudder’s secret code and his own story. Sir Walter tells Hannay that he knows who he really is and that the police are not looking for him any more. Hannay and Sir Walter work on Scudder’s code and they are shocked to hear that Karolides has been killed.