" Ianthe just looked a little amused. 'The plot congeals. Since when has the Ninth been bosom with the Sixth?'
'We're not.'
'Then - '
Harrowhark said, in the exact sepulchral tones of Marshal Crux: 'Death first to vultures and scavengers. "

― Tamsyn Muir , Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)