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"I don’t like it, but the dewan has to coht down the school Although how to get hiatha interrupted, her voice cool with confidence "I can get to hiatha looked at all three of theuilt and pride "You never guessed did you? Not even you, Sophronia?"

Sophronia’s stoatha?"

Di to be shocked Soht and took a deep breath

Pillover ogled Poor boy couldn’t help himself Diatha said, "I’ve been working for so"

"You mean the entire time you’ve been at the school you’ve already had a patron?" Sophronia struggled to understand the specifics

Agatha nodded "My papa’s not all that rich"

Diatha!"

Sophronia’s brorinkled She felt hurt and betrayed, but she was also ined to infiltrate the school froatha tilted her head "Bit of both" The redhead glanced at Pillover then, as if she’d been afraid to do so before She was still the sah Still, Sophronia couldn’t help but adatha was an excellent choice to infiltrate a school for spies

"You don’t seeatha said to Pillover, voice soft

Pillover shrugged, dour as ever "I always figured you were special Lack of chatter"

Diatha, how could you? You aren’t…" She trailed off, took a s for them, are you?"

"Them who?"

"The flywaymen?"

"No"

"The Pickleside Monique?"

"Not quite"

Sophronia’s atha had been in the right place at the right tiht over all the strange glances she had interpreted as social aardness All those gifts froatha’s wealthy, but absent, father All those dresses, so fine and fashionable, so exactly wrong for Agatha’s coloring and figure Al

"Lord Akelda miserable, nodded

"Nicely done" Sophronia was impressed "Are you set up to becoed "He doesn’t take feh he once offered for you in a carriage about town" By which state the truth Sophronia had told the others Lord Akelda her for indenture, but she had never detailed that private drive when the vaatha continued her explanation "But you’re pretty Plus, you’d stay in the field for work and in the background the rest of the time"