"The place is like a fort.
No stranger may pass the threshold even.

The Prince has told me himself that he receives no visitors." La Belle Nita smiled.

From a pocket somewhere within the folds of her flowing gown, she produced two small keys.
"Listen," she said.

"The house in Curzon Street has been called the House of Silence.

There are many servants there, but they come only from beneath and when they are summoned.