*Henrietta*
I know that the most efficient way to arrange what we need to occur at the ball is to tell X of our plans because he can facilitate ensuring Queen Victoria stays at her own castle until after the ball so people will believe that she might indeed attend.
He can also coordinate Mary's participation. Upon close inspection, she couldn't pass for Queen Victoria, but I want her to only arrive at the residence wearing a veiled hat and declaring that a megrim require her to immediately retire to her assigned bedchamber.
But I don't want to involve X. Or anyone from the agency, for that matter. Since the night I took the photographs in Padfoot's study, I can't help but suspect there might be someone in our midst working against us either innocently or intentionally. I have decided n
