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Updated: May 20, 2025
"Leave that to me," he said and we shook hands. I was taken back to my cell. I am frank to admit that I didn't sleep much for the next two or three nights. All through my trial and in Barlinney I had been playing a part. When the occasion demanded I could be as cool as I was with Captain Robinson. But that was a strain and it took it out of me.
In other words, high officials in Enghand had found it advisable secretly to release me from Barlinney Prison by using the royal prerogative. Why? Later you will know. Also, consider the Secretary for Scotland's statement that he had no official knowledge as to my nationality significant that, as you will realize.
I soon perceived that the Barlinney prison officials were trying to sound me in a canny Scotch way with no result. "You're foolish to stay in here You must have something worth while Why don't you get out?" That was the gist of their talks with me from the warders up. I kept my mouth shut.
With everybody expecting seven years of penal servitude, eighteen months of plain imprisonment was a bombshell. Why? I was taken first to Carlton Hill Jail, Edinburgh, and transferred after two weeks to Barlinney Prison near Glasgow. Considering the circumstances, I was treated with surprising consideration. The conditions that had characterized my trial prevailed in the prison.
During this period I was under the direct orders of Captain Robinson, who, you will recall, had been the go-between for Downing Street in closing the bargain for my release from Barlinney Prison. Robinson, an ex-captain of the Hussars, was well up in subterranean affairs and to him Sir Edward Grey was no stranger.
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