The items had been secured; now the remaining task was how to leave.
Three minutes later, at the second-floor entrance to Bozuhof's separate compound, the watchful servant courteously opened the door for Winters, who nodded his head in acknowledgment and stepped out.
This was the part of the plan that most tested luck and audacity. Field had determined that such gatekeepers only paid attention to people entering, not those leaving. As long as Winters maintained a calm and natural demeanor, he could walk out openly and unhindered.
Winters, emerging from the door, turned into the garden and picked up a bundle of documents from the bushes. He took all the related documents with him, but the stack was too thick to conceal on his person, and carrying it in his hands was too conspicuous.
In a stroke of ingenuity, he tied the documents into a bundle and threw them through the window into the shrubs of the garden.