Since sware the Parcæ unto me, their friend, / they shall adore my name, my favour prize; / and, as their feats of armèd prowess shend / all feats of rival Rome, I lief devise / some mode of aidance in what things I may, / far as our force o'er man extendeth sway.

I gave Gillian and Jack a few special gazes into each other's eyes and some internal dialogue to go with the eye locks, but my thoughts kept going back to the conversation I'd had with Inspector Jamieson regarding Vicki.

Now I must find a canapé lit, very Régence and dissolute, to complete my salon.

to strike a bargain