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Tweak says, "Dancing Pairie dogs at dawn"

Irene. A. (bohemianscandal) wrote in rooms,
@ 2015-05-09 16:24:00

Entry tags:

*journal, caliban, irene adler, john watson, mina murray, sherlock holmes, vanessa ives

Anonymous
[The writing is sharp, spiked. It is dark and the words are unmarred by splotches: expensive ink does not spread deeply into the paper.]

Wanted

General man-of-all-work. Discretion and a strong stomach required.

Salaried. Uniform paid for.

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	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-11 06:00 am UTC (link)
	The nature of the advertisement is dictated by the nature of the vacant post. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-11 06:08 am UTC (link)
	Secondary fact. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-11 06:11 am UTC (link)
	Do you perhaps, see castles in clouds? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-11 06:20 am UTC (link)
	I keep my eyes to the ground, where relevance walks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-11 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	Does relevance walk so fancifully, where you are from, sir? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-12 02:50 am UTC (link)
	[>:\| ] I would be interested to know what kind of scoundrel shows up at your door after this advertisement, madam. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-12 05:50 am UTC (link)
	One who can hold his tongue, presumably. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-13 03:43 am UTC (link)
	Ha! Unlikely. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-13 05:37 am UTC (link)
	You do not believe discretion can be bought? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-14 04:18 am UTC (link)
	Not for long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-14 06:11 am UTC (link)
	Perhaps retention is not the ambition. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-15 05:01 am UTC (link)
	Then discretion is unnecessary. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-15 05:35 am UTC (link)
	Your staff are permitted to chatter after they leave your employ? You must be dull, sir. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous heir 2015-05-15 05:37 am UTC (link)
	[Okay.] Notably, if staff chatters, one must not be dull. If there is anything of interest, they will talk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-15 05:57 am UTC (link)
	Precisely. If one has no concern about discretion of short-lived staff, surely one has nothing to chatter about? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous heir 2015-05-15 05:58 am UTC (link)
	That, madam, does not follow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Still anonymous

bohemianscandal
2015-05-15 06:07 am UTC (link)

It is a logical progression: one's concern about the discretion of one's staff when short term is predicated on what it is possible for those staff to disclose if indiscreet. The short-term nature of the factotums implies no lengthy period of accumulated well-treatment and favor, nor any professional fondness for a good position. In the absence of conditions that would predispose one's staff toward silence, or worry that that silence is not upheld, one might conclude there is nothing for the staff to gossip about.

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	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-15 06:03 am UTC (link)
	My staff does not [He stops when Watson responds.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-15 06:09 am UTC (link)
	Do you intend to engender anticipation by leaving a sentence so incomplete, sir? What is it you are adamant your staff does not do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous earhat 2015-05-15 06:17 am UTC (link)
	I've forgotten. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Still anonymous bohemianscandal 2015-05-15 06:23 am UTC (link)
	[Laughing: no response.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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