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-From Alexios, Summer 1222
-
-To the respected Mathieus of House Jerbiton, Johannes Roth sends greetings and good wishes:
+From Johannes, Summer 1222
 
+> To the respected Mathieus of House Jerbiton, Johannes Roth sends greetings and good wishes:
+>
 > My friend Alexios has spoken much of your wisdom and understanding, and thus, being 
 > unsure where else I might turn, I am venturing to contact you in this matter, and hope 
 > that you will not take it amiss that I have done so, whether you are able or willing
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 > I know you have many claims on your time, but I am hoping nonetheless that you might 
 > be able to offer me some advice on how I might proceed; I would be most grateful no
 > matter how much or how little.
+>
+> Yours with respect,
+>
+> Johannes ex Guernicus
 
-Yours with respect,
+From Mathieus, Summer 1222
 
-Johannes ex Guernicus
+> To Johannes Roth, Quaesitor of Stonehenge,
+>
+> I am, of course, willing to offer my advice.  This question is one
+>that I have been asked about on many an occasion, although few of
+>those who ask seem to go on to fulfil their course of action.
+>
+> The problem is complicated, of course, because there's no commonly
+>accepted status for an Hermetic Magus.  Many of my charges are in
+>fact full members of the nobility; and for them I recommend that they
+>proceed in exactly the way they would if they were any other younger
+>son or daughter.
+>
+> In your case as one outside of the supporting structure of the
+>nobility I suspect you're going to have to make some kind of
+>compromise.
+>
+> Potential options might be, firstly a Maga of the Order; secondly
+>the younger daughter of an impoverished nobleman; thirdly the
+>daughter of a prosperous merchant or craftsman hoping to rise in the
+>world; fourthly the daughter of one of your Academic compatriots at
+>Cambridge or Oxford; or fifthly abandon any concept of your correct
+>place in the world and court anyone you please and submit yourselfs
+>to the arrows of public opinion.
+>
+> In the first or second case I might be able to arrange
+>introductions.  Or indeed in the fourth case in respect of Paris.
+>
+> I hope that this overview has been helpful; do please feel free to
+>consult me further.
+>
+> Mathieus.