When disturbing and incomprehensible events suddenly begin to occur in the lives of powerful and noble people, rumor advises hiring a silly girl. But if the breath of mortal danger is already chilling your ribs with the touch of an invisible dagger, if every day the confidence grows that unknown enemies have gotten too close and any next cup of wine may turn out to be poisoned, and every step in your own castle is your last, the abbess of the Monastery of Holy Silence will certainly recommend a ransom contract for a quiet person. And it is useless to even try to test the skills of the arriving mercenary, to command her, to argue or negotiate. Quiet people have their own rules and methods of action...