"Why, just drop off a message with anyone you're quite sure is still with Carnidine's faction. All those who once served Grand Duke Skin-of-Nauga once claimed for their own a little garden-room in Section Four, coordinates 3-neph by 0-blap, but who knows if that's still occupied and by the right people given the present chaotic situation."
"You will get better offers if you go today than tomorrow, you know. The Grands have nothing to offer you, any more; and while you could find Dukes more desperate and making you larger offers than Carnidine, I rather doubt you'll get along with them as well. Shall I, perhaps, linger over my food a few more minutes whilst you speak to Iilasir on the matter?"