October, 1911 (Frank to Mr. Five)
To: Mr Five
An undisclosed Location
To be delivered By Hand
From: The gentleman of room 816
The Wistoria
New York, NY
Dear Sir,
As per your request I am writing to inform you of the progress of le sal affaire. Proceedings got off to a good start. On the boat the Target was easily recognizable from your invaluable description and Joe and I made friends with him quickly. For an Englishman I must say he is exceedingly bad at Bridge and for the first half of the voyage our biggest problem was to insure that he kept winning. But you know what they say: Bad with the cards, good with the ladies, and Laura had no trouble seducing the young man. Our first real trouble came directly after that for I think our young gentleman is too good with the ladies. I don't know if Laura pitied the man, or was perhaps simply jealous of his previous attachments, but in an uncharacteristic moment of weakness she wrote to the fiancee back in England, intimating that the gentleman was not entirely trustworthy. Alerted too late of this catastrophe to intercept the missive before it was carried away on the mailboat, I moved quickly to control the damage. Luckily, Roger was already placed in New York in anticipation of his coming role, and a telegram to him was all that was needed to insure that a defamation of Laura's character reaches the girl in question. Hopefully the girl will think Laura's denunciation the mendatious machination of an American Female and nothing more . . . specific. The last thing we need is anyone in England wise to what we are doing, even if it is just some silly country sweetheart. In the meantime, let us hope that our other Light Wench keeps Ned busy in France, allowing Roger to work in peace. Rest assured that I have given Laura a good talking to. I think I can promise you that such a transgression on her part will not occur again.
Part two of L'affaire is poised to take place Monday afternoon, weather permitting. I will send more information as it produces itself.
Your servant,
Frank
An undisclosed Location
To be delivered By Hand
From: The gentleman of room 816
The Wistoria
New York, NY
Dear Sir,
As per your request I am writing to inform you of the progress of le sal affaire. Proceedings got off to a good start. On the boat the Target was easily recognizable from your invaluable description and Joe and I made friends with him quickly. For an Englishman I must say he is exceedingly bad at Bridge and for the first half of the voyage our biggest problem was to insure that he kept winning. But you know what they say: Bad with the cards, good with the ladies, and Laura had no trouble seducing the young man. Our first real trouble came directly after that for I think our young gentleman is too good with the ladies. I don't know if Laura pitied the man, or was perhaps simply jealous of his previous attachments, but in an uncharacteristic moment of weakness she wrote to the fiancee back in England, intimating that the gentleman was not entirely trustworthy. Alerted too late of this catastrophe to intercept the missive before it was carried away on the mailboat, I moved quickly to control the damage. Luckily, Roger was already placed in New York in anticipation of his coming role, and a telegram to him was all that was needed to insure that a defamation of Laura's character reaches the girl in question. Hopefully the girl will think Laura's denunciation the mendatious machination of an American Female and nothing more . . . specific. The last thing we need is anyone in England wise to what we are doing, even if it is just some silly country sweetheart. In the meantime, let us hope that our other Light Wench keeps Ned busy in France, allowing Roger to work in peace. Rest assured that I have given Laura a good talking to. I think I can promise you that such a transgression on her part will not occur again.
Part two of L'affaire is poised to take place Monday afternoon, weather permitting. I will send more information as it produces itself.
Your servant,
Frank
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