This is what happens in the novel:
Havig and Leonce visit Robert Anderson;
Havig tells Anderson that, about a week hence, he will phone him, ask if there had been any trouble from Eyrie agents during the visit and be told no;
a week later, Havig rings Anderson.
But what other sequences of events were possible?
(i) Havig asks if there had been any trouble and Anderson replies, "Yes, I saw men who must have been Eyrie agents kill you and a woman who must have been Leonce," so Havig and Leonce do not visit Anderson? That cannot happen in this timeline.
(ii) The Eyrie agents kill Havig, Leonce and Anderson so that, when Havig phones, either there is no reply or someone else answers and says, "Dr. Anderson and two guests were killed last week," so, again, Havig and Leonce do not visit? Again, impossible in this timeline.
(iii) The Eyrie agents attack Havig and Leonce after they have left Anderson's place so that Anderson does not know to warn Havig of this? This is not only possible but a more likely action by the Eyrie. Why involve Anderson unnecessarily? It is also what Leonce fears whereas Havig is convinced that the Eyrie have written them off by now.
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Kaor, Paul!
Even better, from the Eyrie's POV, would have been to ignore Havig after he defected. I think Havig was willing, after marrying Xenia, to simply live quietly. By leaving him alone the Eyrie would not have driven and provoked Havig into becoming an active and determined enemy.
Ad astra! Sean
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