And yet the boarding school scheme, which was originally planned as merely a way for the SANM executives to advocate their own particular versions of capitalism and nationalism, soon evolved into a darker and more sinister purpose. For Simeon Johannes and his immediate predecessors had created a secret society of female assassins called “the Judges.” It was a well-kept secret. Except for Simeon, and Moses Cameron, no other members of the current SANM Executive Committee knew about it. After the first headmaster died, Simeon had recruited a young, ambitious Anglican priest—Jacob Mbuwayesango, to replace him. It was a role Jacob would play for nearly forty years. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ And so it was that—because Priscilla resembled a person of mixed blood—the manservant, at the behest of the CF command

