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To: Sir Edmund Tremayne - Ruling Council Precept, London House
From: Derek Rayne - Precept, San Francisco House
Date: Monday, 19.7.1993, 15:05:21 PDT
Re: Nicholas R. Boyle - Candidacy for Initiate Status
My dear Sir Edmund:
Am I that transparent? I have taken your missive to heart and am setting a new course - a
decision I was about to reach without your kind advice.
You may have nothing to worry about. While Mr. Boyle is slipping into the household
nicely and is developing satisfactory relationships with Fr. Callaghan, Miss Walker, and Miss
Moreau, he seems to heartily dislike me on a personal level. I shall continue to give him all the
assistance that he will accept. I shall also divorce myself from any illusions that I may have had
that he is a duplicate of his father and from any memories that I have of his father's wishes for
him. It will be a clean slate. I shall treat him as Nick Boyle, a competent, but troubled young man
whom I have recently met for the first time. Moreover, I intend to test his mettle.
However, I shall openly admit to you that I, personally, need someone like him in this
house's security position. No one whom you have sent over the past eight years has proven even
adequate for the job. To be blunt they haven't been worth a tinker's dam. It is better that I do it
myself than follow someone about to pick up the pieces. Errors of any sort can cost us dearly, as
we both well know. Unfortunately, I cannot continue to do so much longer. Nick Boyle meets all
requirements - medical, military, and weapons training, and a pilot's license to boot. If he chooses
to petition, I shall most assuredly support his application and be more than willing to mentor him.
Regarding to your last comment: Margaret Hamilton and I enjoy each other's company. It
is a mature, adult relationship with honesty as its anchor - as I assume is your own with a certain
lady who occupies an expensive Mayfair flat for which a Mr. Tremayne-Edmunds writes the
checks. I have noted that she bears neither the name Mrs. Tremayne-Edmunds nor Miss
Tremayne-Edmunds nor any variation thereof. What were we saying about covering our tracks?
Yours obedient servant,
Derek Rayne
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