To: Lady Elizabeth Hall

[Thunderer]

Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Whitehall
To: The Steiners
From: Elizabeth Hall

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My dearest gentlemen,

I must admit that your suggestion to help fund a school on Exeter confuses me. I have already mentioned it -- we have abandoned the planet. It is not ours any more. I understand that during his SIS career Victor may have heard some rumours about me, but I assure you that I most certainly did not sell my dignity for credits when I lived on Exeter so I could fund my education. This is slander spread by my enemies who are jealous that I am better educated than them, and nothing more.

I have taken a break from politics and these days I have been busy managing your holdings and our investments. I have tried, somewhere I succeeded, somewhere I did not, and I fear that I am starting to settle down. Since you are privy to my DNA test results, you must understand that I do not wish to carry over my genetic condition which I inherited from my father, to a new generation. Who would want a wife that will not bear his children? Who would want a wife that might just suddenly drop dead in the middle of a conversation? If I settle down, I will doubtlessly become a spinster. I must never settle down, I must return to politics, but now the circumstances are unfavourable. The new government is bound to commit mistakes, and until their sum reaches a critical level, I will be increasing our wealth. There has been a rise of nationalism in Bretonia, and although nationalists are weak for the moment, I understand that Bretonia is a fertile ground for such ideas, and they might cause trouble in the future.

I have not spoken with any of the Admiralty since my resignation, especially not with that crude drunkard of a Redmond, but I respect O'Brian and I will send her your regards if I see her. I thank you for your offer of help, but I am an independent woman now and I can manage on my own. All I wish, and I wish it more than anything, is to see all of you again. Where have you been and when are you going to return?

Representative of House Steiner
Kingdom of Bretonia

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