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“There was nothing else we could do but improvise,” a member of the group spoke up. “Your instructions were explicitly clear about not harming him till he had taken the fall. There was nothing else we could do to get him out of here besides pretending to agree to his requests. You were not here, Leonard, so we had to manage it as best we could.”
“What are you saying?” Leonard asked.
“He’s saying that we are still on track with our plans. We just said what we said to get rid of the Marquess so that we could continue on with our errands,” another person responded.
Leonard stayed silent for a bit, while he analyzed the responses he had received and how best to proceed.
They are right.
His absence at the meeting had created the room for error. Of course, Kenneth would never have known he was their leader, but there were still so many ways he would have been able to communicate with them if he were present, without alerting Kenneth.
They’d had no other choice but to improvise as best as they could.
“Sheldon!” he exclaimed, turning to face the supposed informant for the Bow Street Runner.
“Did the detective meet with you after the meeting? What did he say? Is he on the path to thinking that Lord Walsrock is trying to lead an uprising?” Leonard asked, trying to ascertain where the mind of the detective was. Having the detective circle in on Kenneth was very crucial to their plan.
A scrawny looking fellow stood to his feet to address Leonard.
“He asked if I knew what the connection was between Lord Walsrock and the rest of the men. I told him I didn’t know but that I saw Lord Walsrock constantly at that warehouse. I left it at that,” Sheldon responded.
This could still work, then. All we need do is orchestrate some more evidence and dump it on the lap of the detective. He will still reach that conclusion soon enough.
“Very good, then,” Leonard told Sheldon. “Make sure you continue to lead him toward the conclusion that Lord Walsrock is the main culprit. Don’t hesitate to let us know if you need anything.”
“All right, men. We have two weeks to the start of our uprising in this great city. Let us begin our final checks of plans and equipment to be used on that day. Everything has to be executed to perfection. Nothing can go wrong. Understood?” he queried.
There were only a handful of responses as the rest remained silent.
“Understood?” Leonard screamed louder this time.
The response was unanimous.
