To: The League of the Golden Clematis
From: Victoria Whitnell (Miss)
Date: 28 May 1870
Regarding: Sensible strategies for self-defence

A proposal for the defence of the home, parts of which may be used when travelling as a group for use when we come under attack, as seems to happen with increasing frequency. I propose the following grouping for mutual defence and to prevent unnecessary scurrying about. The groups are based on the following principles.

I. In an emergency, Miss Sinclair looks for Edward and Miss Whitnell looks for Miss Chigwidgeon (their charges).
II. In an emergency, Miss Chigwidgeon moves to protect Sir Cosmo.
III. In an emergency, Mr Salmalin moves to protect Miss Chigwidgeon.
IV. Sir Cosmo, Mr Cuthbert, Lieutenant Wooster, Dr Wilson, and Mr Caine are all capable of handling firearms with precision and speed.
V. Mrs Cuthbert, Miss Chigwidgeon, and Edward are all capable of handling firearms.
VI. Mr Ramsey, Mrs Cuthbert, and Miss Whitnell can often see or affect things using the Mystic Arts
VII. Mr Cuthbert, Miss Sinclair, Edward, and Mr Salmalin are known to have keen senses and the ability to track and locate people or things of interest to us.
VIII. Mr Ramsey, Miss Gordon, and Miss Whitnell speak multiple languages fluently.
IX. Lt. Wooster and Mr Caine are accustomed to working together.
X. Each group contains at least one person who can move at any level of society, due to their notoriety or upbringing.
XI. The fourth group is made up entirely of the Household Staff and is subject to Graves’s organization.

Note: There may be other skill groupings or factors that I have not taken into account. This is a merely a proposal for your consideration and discussion.

Group 1
Lieutenant Wooster
Mr Caine
Miss Sinclair
Edward
Mr Ramsey

Group 2
Dr Wilson
Mr Cuthbert
Mrs Cuthbert
Miss Gordon

Group 3
Sir Cosmo
Mr Salmalin
Miss Chigwidgeon
Miss Whitnell

Group 4 (at home)
Graves
Mrs Murphy
Miss Tattvik
Patsy
Helen
Molly
David
Stuart

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