"Your Grace, more and more delicate issues arise with our neighbors. You need a spymaster... who should, of co

"Your Grace, more and more delicate issues arise with our neighbors. You need a spymaster... who should, of course, simply be called 'a minister'. I could certainly hold this position, but a spymaster sometimes learns too much about his lord, and I wouldn't want you to have even a shadow of a doubt about my loyalty."