To: Lady Elizabeth Hall

[Victor Steiner]

Lady Hall

We address all women who display competence in their duty as 'Lady', regardless of whether they are of higher birth or not. Your objection to term is noted.

If our finances are used for wise investments in the rebuilding of the house, then we see no reason to stop you. William will verify what has been said with the accountants on Cambridge but we won't bother investigating every angle, we trust your word. However we do have one directive: £20,000 is to be spent on the construction of a school on planet Gran Canaria for children of Zoners and Edge Worlders, we also allocate a further £10,000 for the procurement of books, equipment and staff for this school. If these funds are insufficient then we will open more funds, but as it stands, we deem the total to be a worthy amount.

We are sorry to hear of your misfortune within parliament, things are seldom what they seem within the halls of power. What do you intend to do now? Do you require our assistance? We don't have much influence within Bretonia anymore, except perhaps within the University, but we will do what we can if you seek our help. While you may not be on the best of terms with those within Westminster, if you could quietly pass on our regards to Lady O'Brian, the Lord Oakington if Victor remembers rightly, we would appreciate it.

In the meantime, we have desperately avoided reading the papers or watching the news, we don't know what's been happening geopolitically, but we firmly believe we are the last people you want to seek advice from.

Edmund, Victor, John, William

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