""Thank you Jurgen," I said, brushing the accumulated snow from my greatcoat.

"You're welcome, sir." My aide lowered the cumbersome weapon as our defeated enemy slumped to the permafrost with a sound like an accident in a bell foundry. "Will there be anything else?"

"Now you come to mention it," I said, conscious of the rapt attention of the troopers surrounding us and straightening my cap with all the insouciance I could muster, "I think now would be a good time for that tea."

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