[Quiet Man Cometh]

*Pulls down blinds on window*

It looks like security arrangements will need to be addressed before we can proceed further with with further proceedings. I shall telephone Berlin and see about acquiring a moat-

Ah! It seems we have a representative already. How forward thinking. We require a suitable barricade if you please, but not one obtuse in its presentation. Best be one with a subtle sense of ominousness and emanations of despair.

Or Something stylish in mahogany, as you prefer.

In the mean-time, I do believe my beak needs more armoatics. Have we any suitable store of French lavender? Or perhaps some clove?