Just moving back to London after a couple of years in the country following his retirement from Y-1, Tiger Standish runs into a fellow operative at his club. That man, Carruthers, admits to a bit of trouble in the form of a letter handed him. "This is the third warning. Your time has come, Carruthers. Raoul Tessier will shortly be revenged. Good-bye." The Raoul Tessier named was a traitor to the Resistance that Carruthers had dispatched during the War. Standish, seeing excitement brewing, could not resist getting involved.