pianka:

[My father] was assured that this request would be considered a matter of the utmost importance.
Perhaps you can tell me why they decided to send you.
A number of your superiors are former schoolmates of mine.
I canvassed them about your reputation… the son of a carpenter,
no record of any formal schooling, and yet more literate than any three boys I knew at Eton.

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Before today I knew of two people who managed to truly know you, to gain your trust, to be your partner, and they both ended up dead while playing the role.
Now you’re telling me there’s a third member of this class, making it even less credible to characterize Mr. Gates’ and Mrs. Barlow’s deaths as bad luck.

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