Count Dashkov: Ah, Mathieu Golovinski, I hear good things about you…I have need for a young man with your talents!

Count Dashkov: There is great concern at the tsar’s court these days..his majesty is quite disturbed by the people’s unrest! | Count Dashkov: I am convinced there is a deep conspiracy afoot in Russia that is poisoning people’s minds. This evil is a threat to the monarchy itself! But it must be suppressed with powerful weapons! | Golivinski: Weapons? | Count Dashkov: Documentation, my boy…proof of their villainous conspiracy! Proof is the weapon!’’’ And you are skilled at fashioning such weapons, my boy! So…here, I am recommending you to general of the holy synod. | Golivinski: The synod is a Christian orthodoxy…it’s members are active in proselytizing | Count Dashkov: Exactly! They have been helping the tsar by bringing Christianity to the pagan peasants in the volga…from that office any information will be accepted without question by the public! So…do you have any question or doubts about getting involved with them? | Golivinski: Oh no!! It matters little to me. I serve loyally whoever pays me, sir. | pp. 40-42