As the dog circled the boot, Caroline Ascot reached for a weapon that had never been deployed before in the Cold War, or any other. She placed Florence on the car boot directly over the hidden spy, and began changing her nappy – which the baby, with immaculate timing, had just filled. She then dropped the soiled and smelly diaper next to the inquisitive Alsatian. ‘The dog duly slunk off, offended.’ Olfactory diversion was never part of the plan. The nappy ruse had been completely spontaneous, and highly effective.
