The Spy Coast

At the British Museum, Maggie gives Diana a thumb drive with Hardwicke’s medical records and tells her that she and Danny have been invited to a party at Hardwicke’s country house in three weeks. Maggie doesn’t know why she’s been invited, and they both consider the implications of this for a moment.

Diana tells Maggie to look for a particular medicine, heme arginate, which treats a rare disease, in Danny’s doctor’s bag. She tells Maggie to find out who uses it. Maggie asks who they are looking for, and Diana says, “Cyrano.” Maggie is shocked—Cyrano is “the code name for a Russian sleeper the Agency has been hunting for years” (172). The drug is one that Cyrano’s lover uses, and they suspect Cyrano is a Galen client. Diana also tells Maggie that they will have another operative at Hardwicke’s, but it’s better if she doesn’t know who it is.

As Maggie leaves the museum, her phone rings. It is one of Hardwicke’s bodyguards, telling her Hardwicke wants to meet with her right now. Maggie goes to Hardwicke’s office and tries to appear calm, even though she is panicking, thinking her cover is blown. She tries to act as “Danny’s wife” would.