Editing Gain an audience with the Duchess

{{Action
|Icon = duchess.png
|From Storylet title = Light Fingers: A Word to the Duchess
|Description = You will need to lean on your well-connected friends and drop a few tantalising conversational tid-bits.
|Unlocked with = {{Unlock|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|200 x}}, {{Unlock|Favours: Society|3 x}}, {{Unlock|Personal Recommendation|2 x}}
|BroadQuality = {{IL|Persuasive}}
|BroadDiff = 180
|Success title = At the Duchess' disposal
|Success description = A respected acquaintance drops you off at the Shuttered Palace's gates […]

[…]

"I am impressed you managed to talk your way past my secretary," […]

You explain your case to the Duchess, […]

"I will convene a session of the Court of Cats tomorrow. […]"
}}
* {{Loss|Favours: Society|3 x}}
* {{Loss|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|200 x}}
* {{Gain|Knowledge of Thine Enemy|message=You have learned more about the Boil of Calamities.|now=2}}
* {{Loss|Personal Recommendation|2 x}}
* {{Gain|Courting the Court of Cats|occurrence=1|hidden=yes}} (not confirmed)
{{Redirect|Light Fingers: A Session of the Court of Cats}}

{{Failure
|Failure title = Stymied
|Failure description = [...] the footmen guide you through to the office of the Duchess' private secretary.

He peers at you [...]. "And who might you be?"

You explain your predicament [...], leaving out the details which make you seem like a lunatic. Unfortunately, that's most of them [...].
}}
*{{Failure Increase|Persuasive}}
*{{Loss|Favours: Society|2 x}}
*{{Loss|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|100 x}}
*{{Gain|Scandal|+2 CP}}