The Bletchley Riddle

Jakob steps out of Hut 6. The night was another failure. He gets a coffee and walks to the lake. Nigel is down there, gathering duck eggs. Jakob goes to the newspaper stand and picks up an old American paper for the baseball scores. The London paper headlines show that the Nazis are advancing quickly.

In the courtyard of the old manor, Mr. Skevington is helping to prepare a lot of carrier pigeons for training. Jakob drops Nigel off at his house and heads to the mansion for his lecture.

Colin brings Lizzie his tools to help her open the lock on her diary. The inside of his room is full of clocks, radios, and mechanical devices that Colin has been working on. Colin springs the lock with little effort. Lizzie thanks him and then rushes to Bletchley Park. Lizzie wonders if the diary can help her find Willa.

The Colonel’s secretary leads Jakob to the second floor of the mansion, where he will be onboarding the new mathematicians. He puts a code on the chalkboard and practices a short lesson about the Caesar shift code. A woman arrives in the doorway and solves his cypher.