Cromwell reads through the responses and notices that the second man has also finished re-writing his form in bolder ink, which is now legible.
After a glance through both forms, he consideres them to his satisfaction and assigns both men to the same fighter wing in the Essex Great Fleet. A little hasty, perhaps, but after the previous applicant they appeared positively modest, a virtue which Cromwell regarded highly, even if it was not on his list of target qualities.
Sir Stanley Nelson <span style="color:#000066">Charles Canning </span><span style="color:#000066"> Foreign Secretary</span>