“I’ve had an inquiry from the royal secretary to look into a delicate matter of—” Luella Timmons-Wilby gave an arid little cough of surprise. “The royal secretary? What happened to all your convictions, your tender conscience that absolutely could not abide a compromise?” “These are extenuating circumstances.” “They often are, and that’s the point. Society is built upon the currency of concession, of give and take, of small sins for greater triumphs. You could be running the institutions you abhor, reforming the very failing agencies you could not abide. You could’ve been the chief of police
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