She stares at the photographs. What's that they say about a picture being worth a thousand words? Childermass is right. For all his bluster, she does not find Norrell convincing, but Childermass laying out the facts in that quiet, straightforward way of his... That she can't deny.

"Yes, that is concerning," she murmurs. "I'll talk to her. She must be given the opportunity to explain herself."

"And if she has no convincing explanation?" Vrinak asks.

Sylvia glances up at him. "Then we deal with her accordingly."

If the gentlemen at the table have any suggestions for how Dee should be dealt with, now is the time to speak.