Chapter 100

Dinner with Will and Grace is a pleasant change of pace.

"So…" Will props himself, chin on fist, elbow on table, "Irene was responsible for the whole mess?"

"Pretty much," says my Master. "Of course, it required Pensby's collusion to pull it off, but yes, she was the instigator."

"What about the other officer?" asks Grace. "The one who turned up at your office and interviewed you."

"So far as we can tell, it was a case of just following orders. Pensby gave him the instruction and he followed the routine he'd previously used at Immigration."

"Just following orders?" Grace hisses the words. "There's something badly amiss with the system if people can be treated in that way at the whim of some official. Not even an elected official."

"Even the unelected officials are often empowered by the elected officials, this being a case in point. I'm quite sure Jack, and hence, Barclay, only intended to improve the City finances and had no idea of what they'd unwittingly let loose. Nonetheless…"

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