Clown Town

In the graveyard of St. Leonard’s, the so-called “Spooks’ Chapel,” Jackson Lamb confronts Diana Taverner about the death of one of his agents and the critical injury of another. Taverner is dismissive, calling the casualties collateral damage from their interference in her plans against Peter Judd. She asserts her power, confident she will survive an imminent meeting with the Prime Minister. Lamb retorts that her plan was reckless and she is at her weakest.

Inside the church, Catherine Standish tells Lamb the remaining agents are falling apart. She worries the department will be closed for being understaffed. Lamb reveals that he told Taverner he would “burn her fucking house down” (256).

Meanwhile, at a hospital, Sid Baker sits by the bedside of a dying Charles Stamoran. Avril Potts explains that Stamoran had proof that the government knowingly granted amnesty, a cover identity, and a pension to Pitchfork—a known rapist and murderer who had been an IRA operative. Stamoran was trying to blow the whistle on this cover-up.

Jackson Lamb gathers the remaining slow horses at the Barbican. He warns them that Taverner will likely frame them for the previous night’s violent events.