【Interlude】S01E00.5 ……
aiguity, arur.
A.C. 20.01.80
That last sentence was a clarion call, a render of the first rule of survival in the Civil Service. My analysis ght have beeailed, but in his eyes, it was verbose. In Whitehall, excessive detail be a liability, a weakness. He always cut straight to the heart of the tter. A flush of heat spread ay face—the professional sting of being corrected on the spot, but xed with a strange sense of being initiated into a re exag standard.
"Do you uand, Mr Astley?" He lifted the teacup frohis desk—I hadn''''t seen it arrive; the tea was dark, the steaalst invisible—and took a sip.
"Yes, Sir. Brevity and flexibility. I''''ll reer." I took a deep breath and put away the annotated . It felt heavy in hand, like the st direct sort of induanual.
"Good." He set the cup down, the sound of porcelain on wood light but sharp. "Torrow, our protagonist kes his entrance. Ensure everything is ready. Your first duty is to guide hisothly into his role, and…" he paused, and for a fra of a sed sothing flickered in the depths of his grey-green eyes, "...observe. Your position will be a key node in the DSC''''s infortion flow, Cyril."
He called Cyril.
I khen that I had bee on, as a didate—a strong didate—for PPS.
Before I left, Sir wrote a short note:
Cyril,
Torrow''''s priorities: a soth process and a good first iression. Ehe Minister arrives without issue, finds the enviro clear, and feels a prelinary sense of ''''usability''''. Observe. Note any specific requests or habits. If policy is raised, refer to the et Office brief or to directly.
On a separate tter, I he forecast for torrow is for low teeratures. Rend the driver to ehe car''''s heating is suffit.
Effid de are key. Be poised but not obsequious. Avoid over-prosing. Show plasticity.
There is o be nervous.
A.C. 20.01.80
I filed the ogether with the annotated randu
A.C. 20.01.80
That last sentence was a clarion call, a render of the first rule of survival in the Civil Service. My analysis ght have beeailed, but in his eyes, it was verbose. In Whitehall, excessive detail be a liability, a weakness. He always cut straight to the heart of the tter. A flush of heat spread ay face—the professional sting of being corrected on the spot, but xed with a strange sense of being initiated into a re exag standard.
"Do you uand, Mr Astley?" He lifted the teacup frohis desk—I hadn''''t seen it arrive; the tea was dark, the steaalst invisible—and took a sip.
"Yes, Sir. Brevity and flexibility. I''''ll reer." I took a deep breath and put away the annotated . It felt heavy in hand, like the st direct sort of induanual.
"Good." He set the cup down, the sound of porcelain on wood light but sharp. "Torrow, our protagonist kes his entrance. Ensure everything is ready. Your first duty is to guide hisothly into his role, and…" he paused, and for a fra of a sed sothing flickered in the depths of his grey-green eyes, "...observe. Your position will be a key node in the DSC''''s infortion flow, Cyril."
He called Cyril.
I khen that I had bee on, as a didate—a strong didate—for PPS.
Before I left, Sir wrote a short note:
Cyril,
Torrow''''s priorities: a soth process and a good first iression. Ehe Minister arrives without issue, finds the enviro clear, and feels a prelinary sense of ''''usability''''. Observe. Note any specific requests or habits. If policy is raised, refer to the et Office brief or to directly.
On a separate tter, I he forecast for torrow is for low teeratures. Rend the driver to ehe car''''s heating is suffit.
Effid de are key. Be poised but not obsequious. Avoid over-prosing. Show plasticity.
There is o be nervous.
A.C. 20.01.80
I filed the ogether with the annotated randu