Henry had a juvenile record, sealed, that, as Cass had indicated, included torturing a hamster and setting fire to the gardener’s shed on his family’s property—when he believed the gardener to be inside. Henry’s father had “sent him abroad” after that, in the grand tradition of rich people across the centuries. Frankly, Old Jim was surprised Central hadn’t tried to recruit him at that point. Disaffected, with a violent streak that could be channeled into a useful aggression.
