[X] Provisionally endorsing one of them as the official backup plan in case development of a novel 12cm/50 gun fails. This increases the possibility that your original plan is abandoned, but gives you control.
[X] ''What a kind offer,'' you say, turning around to offer her access to your back. She shows such a sisterly level of concern, you think to yourself.
[X] This should be handed off to the intelligence service. They will know what to do with or about him. Too dangerous. The intelligence service should clear him first before we can proceed.
[X] ''I couldn't possibly go to a massage parlor, Marie. My reputation, you understand,'' you say, thinking of how much worse the rumors would get if you were seen entering the sort of business widely suspected as being a prostitution front.