Rodolphus was tired of Bletchley's disbelief. "Enough. We have evidence of who she is, and your friend is in touch with her most regularly. I suggest you leave the recriminations with him."
"My time is short," he said, looking at the clock. "I expect you to deliver this message to Vaisey before the end of the weekend, and to have an affirmative answer before then."
He stood to take his leave. "I don't expect you to return with a no answer. If he resists, you are to inform me straight away, and I'll kill his mother. Then I expect you to give him a few days to think it over, and if the answer is still no, then I want you to kill him." The tone in his words was even, and he knew that it would give Bletchley grief to kill a friend. But the point of the matter was he wanted his messenger to understand the importance of this message, and to use every weapon he could to convince Vaisey there was only one course of action.
"He is to give weekly reports, or more, when information is at hand, and he is to write them and give them to you to deliver personally to me."