an officier of the miscellaneous agency

In the old days, when things were under the control of the ancient Houses and the Royal Institutions.....before the establishment of the present Republic.....certain matters that required great discretion were routinely referred to what was called the Closet Cabinet.  The members of this cabinet were chosen by the Monarch at the nomination of the most powerful Houses.....dour and clever old men dominated this body, never calling any unwarranted attentions to their doings if they could help it.  They dealt with situations that never should have come about in the first place, in a proper and well mannered course of events.

Since the ultimate privacy of their decisions was gaurded by long standing tradition, they operated with effective impunity and were their own oversight.  Persons in high office and of privileged birth may well become involved in awkward affairs just as more common folk might stumble sometimes during their private lives.....the Cabinet was there to gloss over and make little of such unfortunate occurrences....money might change hands to buy satisfaction for one party or another.....or perhaps more forceful measures might be found be be in order....but whatever was done, was done under the table as much as possible....no one need peer into the Closet, that might be dangerous.

I am sure the reader understands the type of thing I am talking about....namely the kind of thing I would be foolish to talk about.....but some stories should be told....on moral grounds?  Or just to edify future generations as to the foibles of their forefathers.....But I myself have no tales to tell from the days of the Cabinet, since that body was superseded along with many old institutions when the Last Monarch abdicated and passed power to the Republic.  The Constitution of the
Republic has many clauses dealing with the division of  authority over this and that.....there is a sub clause deep in the document which hints at the necessity for a Miscellaneous Agency.....a body to do what the Closet Cabinet did under the ancient order of things...