The Secret Of The Gentleman From Paris
Written by
William Le Queux
Copyright 1903
11th adventure in the collection . A vital dispatch needed couriering from Whitehall to Italy and Captain MacDonald was chosen for the job because he was so dependable. Odd, then, that Duckworth Drew was also sent, secretly, to monitor MacDonald's trip and how he was preyed upon but a pair of French spies, and yet Drew did nothing to stop it.