Belle snapped out of her rather introspective mood  at once when the Boss started talking.  She sat motionless, not even tapping her fingers on her mug while listening intently.<br/><br/>"We can make a start on the third point right away.  This will be a rough winter even without our efforts throwing sad in the gears.  We should set up a few channels to the charity organizations.  We can use them to launder funds if need be, and donating to their coffers will build us some goodwill we can draw on when things start to get rough with the government."  She finally takes a sip from her mug. "And when the government cracks down on them trying to trace us, the people benefiting from our, ah, giving will be quite resentful of the nobility."