It was when William was outlining his plan for catching spies that his elder brother told him to "shut up!". William looked at him curiously. Of course, Robert was his own brother, but then every spy was somebody's brother. he decided to watch him very carefully... Unusually the affair, although complicated, ended rather well for William.

Things didnot end well for him, though, when he decided that a grubby little boy called Albert should be adopted by Miss Milton. William omited to tell Miss Milton about the arrangement and the complications which arose from it were such that nobody ever know what really happened - not even William