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Harry was impressed despite himself No one could accuse the War Office of a lack of attention to detail

"He won’t escape St Helena," Winthrop continued "But we ilant There will always be those who plot in his naht be one of those people"

Harry exhaled Irritably, because he wanted Winthrop to know just how much he did not wish to be involved in this sort of business He was a translator, for God’s sake He liked words Paper Ink He did not like Russian princes, and he had no wish to spend the next three weeks pretending he did "What do you require of e activities"

"Nor would ant you to," Winthrop said "Your language skills are far too valuable for us to have you lurking in soet shot"

"It’s hard to believe you have difficulty recruiting spies," Harry ain, sarcase, along with your position in society, o out much in society," Harry re over the room like a sword Harry knew very well that there was only one other man at the War Department whose Russian fluency rivaled his own He also knew that George Fox was the son of an innkeeper who had land as a servant to a diploain entrée to the same functions as a prince Frankly, Harry wasn’t so sure that he could, either

But Sebastian, with his possible earldo before

"We won’t ask you to take any direct action," Winthrop said, "although, with your background at Waterloo, we are confident that you would be ," Harry warned hih He had no plans to pick up a saber again

"We know That is why all we are asking is that you keep an eye on him Listen to his conversations when you are able Report to us anything you find suspicious"

"Suspicious" Harry echoed Did they think the prince was going to spill secrets at Almacks? Russian speakers were rare in London, but surely the prince would not be so foolish as to assu

"This comes from Fitzwilliam," Winthrop said in a quiet voice

Harry looked up sharply Fitzwilliam ran the War Office Not officially, of course Officially, he did not even exist Harry didn’t know his real name, and he was not sure he knehat he looked like; the two times they had met, his appearance had been so altered that Harry could not discern as truth and as disguise

But he knew that if Fitzwillia, it must be done

Winthrop took a folder from his desk and held it out to Harry "Read this It’s our dossier on the prince"

Harry took the docuruff, "That cannot leave the premises"

Harry felt himself pause, the sort of annoyed, over-played cessation ofordered about He sat back down, opened the folder, pulled out four sheets of paper, and began to read