"Sparkshower, the Royal Engineer may not be well-known yet, but he's still a member of the Blue Chamber Privy Council, and the Grand Galloping Gala is heavily covered by the press. If he innocently gets you a ticket to the opera as a partner instead of making you stand in the hallway as a guard on a cheap Thursday night revival, nopony will really notice. If he gets you a ticket to attend the Gala, that's not really a big deal either since everypony will just think him eccentric or generous for having invited all of his guards."