Fearing for his life, Scudder has gone to the trouble of faking his own death, and needs to disappear from view. Hannay permits him to hide in his flat, and is horrified when a few days later he returns to find Scudder with a knife through his heart, now truly dead. Determined to warn the government of the plot, but unwilling to go to the police for fear of being arrested for murder, Hannay escapes the building disguised as a milkman and takes a train to Scotland, intending to find a remote area where he can lie low. He takes with him the coded notebook in which Scudder had recorded his findings.
Fearing for his life Scudder has gone to the trouble of faking his own death and needs to disappear from view Hannay permits him to hide in his flat and is horrified when a few days later he returns to find Scudder with a knife through his heart now truly dead Determined to warn the government of the plot but unwilling to go to the police for fear of being arrested for murder Hannay escapes the building disguised as a milkman and takes a train to Scotland intending to find a remote area where he can lie low He takes with him the coded notebook in which Scudder had recorded his findings