"Almost entirely translation and linguistic cypher, I am gratified to say." And indeed, she looks it. "I am having a truly delightful time taking grateful advantage of the Duc's hospitality this evening, but being obliged to continual socializing on behalf of the war effort is—"

A rather long pause, made pointed by the precision with which she takes a sip of her own wine. After placing her glass down, she neatly dulls the expression of her apparent distaste for such socializing with a smile.

"Let us say despite appearances I prefer to sit at a desk surrounded by several dictionaries of both vocabulary and quotation, combing through the correspondence our field agents obtain."