Honoria kept the keys and now hands
them over to me.
The W.S.P.U. has taken--also under an alias--other offices
on the same side of the way, at No. 94, top storey. We find
we can, by using the fire escape, pass over the intervening
roofs and reach the parapet outside the "partners' room" at
the 88-90 building. I shall once again make use of the
little room next the partners' office as a bedroom or
rather, "tiring" room, where I can if necessary effect
changes of costume. I have taken the new offices in the name
of Mr. Michaelis[1] for a special reason; and with some
modifications of David's costume I have appeared in person
to assume possession of them. I generally enter No. 94
dressed as Vivie Warren. All this may sound very silly to
you, like playing at conspiracy. But these precautions seem
to be necessary. The Government is beginning to take
Suffragism seriously, and a whole department at New Scotland
Yard has been organized to cope with our activities.
[Footnote 1: Michaelis, I believe, was a Greek merchant
dealing with sponges, emery powder, coral, and other
products of the Mediterranean shores whose acquaintance
Vivie had originally made when interested in the shares of
that Levantine house, Charles Davis and Co.
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