18707 Then these are your instructions, and I beg, my dear Watson, that you will obey them to the letter, for you are now playing a double-handed game with me against the cleverest rogue and the most powerful syndicate of criminals in Europe.
18708 Now listen!
18709 You will dispatch whatever luggage you intend to take by a trusty messenger unaddressed to Victoria to-night.
18710 In the morning you will send for a hansom, desiring your man to take neither the first nor the second which may present itself.
18711 Into this hansom you will jump, and you will drive to the Strand end of the Lowther Arcade, handing the address to the cabman upon a slip of paper, with a request that he will not throw it away.
18712 Have your fare ready, and the instant that your cab stops, dash through the Arcade, timing yourself to reach the other side at a quarter-past nine.
18713 You will find a small brougham waiting close to the kerb, driven by a fellow with a heavy black cloak tipped at the collar with red.
18714 Into this you will step, and you will reach Victoria in time for the Continental express.'
18715 'Where shall I meet you?'
18716 'At the station.
18717 The second first-class carriage from the front will be reserved for us.'