Copenhagen

Copenhagen is a short-lived stop in The Jackal’s route from London to Brussels, but it is more than a place to spend the night: he uses the visit to refine a disguise built from carefully selected clothing and transferred maker’s labels. The brisk itinerary makes the city a practical workshop in his passage between identities.

Arrival and Itinerary

After obtaining a passport in Duggan’s name, The Jackal leaves London Airport and flies to Copenhagen. His suitcase has a false bottom containing two thousand pounds, concealed in a compartment barely thicker than a magazine and difficult to detect except in a thorough search. The money gives him resources for the journey without requiring him to rely on a cheque-book.

At Kastrup Airport, before leaving, he books himself onto the next afternoon’s Sabena flight to Brussels. The visit is deliberately brief. He checks into the Hotel d'Angleterre on Kongs Ny Torv, eats at the Seven Nations, and strolls through the Tivoli Gardens, where he flirts mildly with two Danish blondes. He is in bed by one in the morning, with the next day’s purchases and departure already set by his booking.

Building the Disguise

The following day, The Jackal buys a lightweight clerical-grey suit from a well-known central Copenhagen outfitter, along with sober black walking shoes, socks, underwear, and three white shirts with attached collars. He chooses the garments for their small cloth labels bearing a Danish maker’s name. The three shirts are not needed as shirts: he wants their labels, which he can transfer to a clerical shirt, dog collar, and bib bought earlier in London while posing as a theological student nearing ordination.

The purchases show how his disguise depends on more than its outward silhouette. The clerical clothing acquired in London supplies the recognizable form; the Copenhagen labels help make the separate pieces appear consistent in origin. His method is to anticipate scrutiny and construct an identity from details that might otherwise seem incidental.

Departure and Narrative Function

His last purchase is a Danish-language book on the notable churches and cathedrals of France, an object compatible with the clerical persona he is assembling. He then lunches on a large cold collation at a lakeside restaurant in the Tivoli Gardens and catches the 3:15 plane to Brussels.

Copenhagen’s role in the episode is therefore tightly bounded: The Jackal arrives with a newly acquired passport and concealed funds, uses a single day to coordinate clothes and labels, and leaves with a prop that suits his assumed character. The calm sequence of hotel, shopping, lunch, and flight contrasts with the covert work underneath it. The city is presented not as a destination in its own right but as a temporary staging point where an identity is made more convincing before the journey continues.