The Commander of the Marines, Major Denibol, said grimly, "This is too serious, we should report to Paris immediately."
Lieutenant Kamas spoke very quickly, "I've already sent an assistant to Siena. But Paris won't respond for at least two days, and anything could happen during that time."
There are no Sharp Signal Towers within the Pope State capable of communicating with France, the nearest tower is in Siena, Florence, which takes half a day to reach by horseback. Reporting back to France also takes over half a day. The round trip is two days.
Kamas was feeling very frustrated at this moment too.
Last week, Captain Savien, the head of the Security Bureau here, happened to be in Perugia dealing with matters, leaving Kamas as the acting intelligence director in Rome.
The day before yesterday afternoon, while drinking with the Archbishop Consalvi's secretary, he heard the latter mention that some "fools" had spent 20,000 francs to risk entering the city.
