"Worried?"
Schneider spoke up: "What's there to worry about? The noble education follows a three-step process, with two paths. Either you send them to the Naval Academy at age 10. After six years at sea, they return to take the Navy Department exam. Based on their opportunities, abilities, and connections, they might become a general if they're lucky. If not, they become a colonial officer. Or, a safer option is to first attend Harrow or Eton College, then proceed to Oxford or Cambridge, and finally buy a commission in the army. After serving a few years, they return and run for Parliament."
"The problem lies here," Arthur said: "Lady Granville is unwilling to let her son serve in the military because she's afraid he will contract some strange infectious diseases in the Southeast Asian rainforests or the African savannah. She knows I used to work at Scotland Yard, so she specially asked me if there was any future in the police profession."
