Yay, Bardolph! He makes total sense as a double (triple? quadruple?) agent/agent provacateur. I can just imagine the dispatches he would be writing on all of them.

I love this bit about Edward. . .
And at the moment, the younger Duke of York's not disposed to manage information on his own breakfast, let alone the heir to the realm--

. . .because that fits (Bardolph is very observant!) I love the scenes with Neville and Mrs. Quickly as well. As in all good spy fiction, it's what DOESN'T get said that matters.

Thanks so much for writing this!