 He says that his name is Smith, but Hannay thinks that he is Northern European.Hannay then meets Clanroyden, who reveals a Chinese jade tablet and tells Hannay about old Haraldsen.Hannay responds with his own tale about Haraldsen, also involving Lombard and Peter Pienaar in Rhodesia, which introduced the villains Erick Albinus, a Danish American, and a City of London bigshot called Aylmer Troth; the story ended with the gang's arrest and Troth's death.