#//i went with a timeline when andre had cicero in his house

[honorhearted]

Double dare: send a love letter to Anna or steal Andre’s codebook

Send “double dare” along with two dares and my muse has to do one or the other.

Was this some sort of test?

Bewildered, Ben vacillated between the options, wondering if there was some sort of trick to be had. Naturally, for the sake of the Cause and all that was resting upon his success, he would choose André's codebook. A letter to Anna would be of no consequence; she was already aware of their charade, so it would hardly serve as an embarrassment to send such a letter to an old and treasured friend.

"Despite the risk of confinement -- or far worse, death -- I must always choose the path that best justifies our course," Ben replied. "For that reason, I will confiscate André's codebook."

It was quite difficult. Or at least, it was until the well-beloved officer left his quarters for the evening, intent on romancing away the hours with God only knew which lovely creature.

Disguised from head to foot in dark clothing, Ben paid off Cicero for his good deed and entered the household undetected, relieved that the major was...well...a bit scatter-brained and had left his intelligence strewn upon his desk.

After he pocketed the codebook, Cicero showed Ben out through the back of the great manor, and he briskly returned toward the carriage waiting down the street.