O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies. - Saadi
Apparently Lord Wyndham did regularly donate books to various museums around London. They were usually ones which he had collected earlier, but which were no longer of interest to him or his associates. Irene twitched at the very notion. Give books away? How very frivolous, she finally said. - Genevieve Cogman
He wanted to believe it was of the Agency’s unwritten protocol; the less you know about your associates, the better it is for both of you professionally - Derek Haas