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Any thoughts on the action in Chapter 21? Cotton said the Knights wanted the British to know they had gone after the satchel? Why? How did that explain why Cotton went on the offensive with Pollux Gallo?

Chapter 21 begins to bring some previous unknown facts to light.
The British were using Cotton, an independent agent, to search for the Churchill Papers as he was expendable. We learn the papers are a means to an end through the admission of Pollux Gallo, they are trading an item for what the Knights want, documents that can bring harm to the Church. Once Cotton realized he was expendable he went on the offensive against Pollux and the two robed knights.

I agree with >2 JohnDBurke: I couldn’t have said it better!

>2 JohnDBurke: You are correct.

I also agree. Way to go >2 JohnDBurke:!!

Good summation, John.
What puzzles me is why Pollux did a runner instead of finishing off Cotton, which is presumably what they’d had in mind when getting him to the refectory. Cotton was outnumbered, he could have been taken down.

I'm amazed that Cotton was able to put all these pieces together, including the fact that he was considered expendable, and attack as well as he did.

Which also makes me wonder, does MI-6 want him gone for good? And if so, why?