What did that mean? Was the Circle of Vitas connected to the Trenchard Family too?
Wait, he said, "Have the Troy Society put in a word with them."
Elliot sipped his tea, his mind racing.
The old butler had mentioned before that the Circle of Vitas was seeking official recognition from the Empire: the director of Scandinavia General Hospital was about to join the Empire's Public Health Department as an official.
If the Circle of Vitas were subordinate to the Trenchard Family, it would have no need to go to such lengths to seek official status. With the Trenchard Family's influence in the Empire, endorsing it and bringing it into the official system would take no more than a word.
More importantly, secret societies firmly controlled by nobles usually deliberately avoided formal official status.
Only then could they handle dirty work that could never see the light of day without restraint, while the nobles could easily cut ties and disclaim any connection if things came to light.
Take the Troy Society, for example. In theory, it was merely an academic organization. Flora's Mourning Poetry Society had been investigating it too, yet had never detected its secret ties to the Trenchard Family!
So-
The Circle of Vitas was very likely just an independent organization without powerful backing. With the hospital as its foundation, it was trying to enter the mainstream system.
The Troy Society had a certain amount of influence over it, enough for Garrett to casually say he would "put in a word," but that influence was not a direct relationship of subordination.
Thinking it over, the promotion of New Scandinavia Hospital's director had come right after the East District incident.
*It was around that same time that the Circle of Vitas had entered the parliamentary voting process, attempting to