"No more fortunate than I to have friends who will permit me to help."

Phryne smiled at both men, boys really, both of them in spite of Ignis's age. Both had much to learn of the world outside the boundaries of their knowledge and they were so gentle in their ways that she felt immediately protective of them as she had with both Dot and Jane.

"And you may be right, Ignis. We can but try, and this way, I needn't risk making changes that Alcuin won't like."