"Your Grace, my whole life I've been a councilor, and I don't see myself in any other role. I am well familiar

"Your Grace, my whole life I've been a councilor, and I don't see myself in any other role. I am well familiar with all the mechanisms that help to ensuring the loyalty of the citizenry — or at least a part of it. If you assign me to this position, I'll direct all my knowledge and experience to your benefit."