Selin Hizli

That can be arranged.

Perhaps a bottle or two of Borgogna 22, an excellent year for the grape.

Taste the monks' piss they serve here and you will find out you owe me far more than a couple of bottles.

Everything you have been through since you returned from the business with Lord Buckingham in England was necessary in pursuit of wider aims.

You cannot fully understand, as you are not party to all the information.

You are only one of the pieces.

I am just your pawn.

You are a far more elegant and dangerous piece.

Perhaps you are my queen.

Whatever you are, I am ready to move you.

But there is work to be done first.

You seem to have returned to your natural state, that of a peasant.

You both look and smell like an animal.

It's what happens when you lock a girl in a pigsty.

A wagoneer will collect you tonight.

I have a woman in Paris ready and waiting to restore you.

When we next meet, I expect to find something more pleasing to the eye and to the nose.

What if I preferred to stay here with my friend Niabe?

Labouring under the illusion that you have a choice would be a mistake.

Do as I say and continue living.