Chapter 7 Summary

The Assistant Commissioner walks to a public edifice and speaks to the private secretary of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is very tired, having worked all day. The Assistant Commissioner is shown into the Secretary of State's private rooms to brief him on the bombing in Greenwich Park. The Assistant Commissioner tells the Secretary of State all he has just learned, minus unnecessary details. The Assistant Commissioner then asks the Secretary of State to remove Heat from the case. When pressed on his reasons, the Assistant Commissioner says that he has reason to believe that Heat's opinion on the case is jaded and that he, the Assistant Commissioner, will be able to get to the bottom of the plot quickly.

The Secretary of State agrees with the Assistant Commissioner's plan and asks that he come back to report his findings...