After Hugh had successfully conducted his memory modification spells on both Seth and Isaac, he delivered Elizabeth’s decree to release the two on insufficient grounds to prosecute to the head jailer. Seth and Isaac, who were now both lucid and conversant, were happy to be released. They headed straight to the archbishop’s parsonage to give him the news that their cover had been blown, that they were released from service but would not be prosecuted as Elizabeth had no proof to substantiate their charges of spying on the royal household. “How is it that your cover was blown?” asked the archbishop, disappointed that his inside source of information had again been foiled. “Isaac and I were overheard preparing for our report to you. We were discussing information which had been topic

