Execution [Book 2 of The English Lion]

LI. Douglas

Sunday, 31st March 1940

Dear Diary,

The last ten days... has been turbulent, to say the least. Since March started, it has been a whirlwind of events, as of March 1940 has just passed by in a blink of an eye. Sure, there were a couple of breaks for Emily and me - flirtatious ones - but, I believed we both needed it in light of recent events. Ten days ago saw the change in leadership for France, where Paul Reynaud became the next Prime Minister of France following Daladier's resignation the day before. I'm a tad bit curious as to why Daladier would resign. Between the 21st and the 28th, there had been a number of changes in the French government that I've been made aware of, as well as Regillus Eques. I made sure that Regillus Eques should not interfere with anything in the government, like many other governments that Regillus Eques seems to have members in high ranks while the organisation was under Alexander. It really is handy, if I must say, considering there are certain things that were immediately red flags, say Hitler and his Nazi government. No one saw that coming, except for Alexander, which resulted in Regillus Eques gearing up to be in full war mode ever since 1933.

Three days ago, it was interesting as it is something that Alexander would have wanted: Britain and France made a formal agreement that neither will seek a separate peace with Germany, as they would never surrender, fighting on to the end. The formal agreement, I believe, was to be the result of one of Reynaud's first acts of office as it was the main outcome of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council that happened here in London. There was of course relief, to some extent, throughout Regillus Eques, considering Regillus Eques has quietly rung the bell of war in regards to Hitler and Nazi Germany, and the troubles they'll cause.

Yesterday - which I'm sure that Alexander is proud of - Britain had undertaken secret reconnaissance flights to photograph the targeted areas in the Soviet Union in preparation for Operation Pike, where it utilises the stereoscopic photography that had been pioneered by Sidney Cotton. Again, Regillus Eques was made aware of it. But there was no interference from Regillus Eques, except for the fact that we managed to gain copies of the photographs, resulting in us in creating our own operation as an espionage back-up plan, and notifying the Russian branch of the two operations in case of anything to happen.

-Douglas