Don't take me wrong - I would be more glad than anyone if everything could be accomplished with plain speaking and good sense and blades. As I have been reminded many times, however, that is not the way of the world. Given that, I am glad Lady Montilyet was able to win forces to our side that people like you and I most certainly could not. Because like you, I don't miss her tea parties in the slightest. I still get a headache from the mere memory of the Winter Palace.