She lapses into a rare obedient silence stood there with her hand set at the front seam of her bodice, fingertips hovering absently at the top edge of her belt with its glinting chatelain hooked into it. The note, meanwhile, reads—

'Captain Rowntree,

This afternoon I had the opportunity to consult with our new arrival. While but a brief conversation, he noted the presence of certain murderous urges and being, on occasion, overwhelmed by the uncontrollable desire to do great harm to those about him. I confess that I didn't interrogate him on the subject at length, though he himself seemed quite troubled by the possibility and went so far as to request to be placed into a cell for safe keeping.

As he has some self confessed Talent with magic'—this section is so struck through that it is difficult to parse in the page—'I have no reason to believe he would be opposed to further interrogation on the subject, but do believe it may be necessary both for the continued security of the Gallows and Riftwatch's reputation abroad.

Should you have any questions or concerns, I would be happy to elaborate in person.

Sincere Regards,
W.A.dF.'

Clearly, she had some intentioj of simply slipping the note into his pigeonhole or under this door and then thought better of it.

"I considered," she says. "The possibility that he might be insincere. And I suppose that too is possible, but—"

But here she is.