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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3596967" data-attributes="member: 3448">Thanks, Fimmtiu!  I'm glad you're enjoying it.----“So who are the best gossips that are properly noble and still alive?” pressed Kit.“I should think that the best options would be the Lady of High Pass and the wife of the Lord of Burleytown.  Now, the Lady of Burleytown is…” The secretary paused as he struggled to choose his words carefully.  “The Lady of Burleytown is a matron, in the strongest, least positive sense of the word, but the other women will take her seriously.  The Lady of High Pass is more prominent, but her family is well known to be completely loyal to the Archduchy.”“So she’s useful for spreading rumors, but only rumors that we want to be known as official.”“Exactly, m’lady.  I’m glad you understood.”“I think we’ll need to cultivate them both then.  The Lady of High Pass should be easy, since she will want to help the Archduke.  I guess I’ll just have to let slip a few choice bits to the Lady of Burleytown.”“M’lady, if you give her any reason to think that she can get interesting and fresh gossip from you, she will make a point of speaking to you at any function she can in an effort to pump you for more information.  The only difficulty will be preventing her from realizing that the information is being deliberately planted.”“So I need to ‘let it slip,’ and perhaps even seem annoyed or ask her to keep it quiet.”“Precisely.  Is there anything else, m’lady?”“I don’t think so… things seem quiet around the court now that the assassins have been dealt with.”“I agree,” replied Kit’s secretary.  He shook his head with a frown.  “It worries me.  I am always happier when we can identify the threats and difficulties.  Quiet suggests that the conspiracies are still in hiding and thus more dangerous.”Great, thought Kit.  Even the good news is supposed to make me worry.</blockquote>

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