"Dodgy" did not begin to describe the reputation of Dramatis Personae in 
the New Atlantan parts of London, but that was the adjective they always used 
anyway, delivered in a near-whisper, with brows raised nearly into the hairline 
and eyes glancing significantly over the shoulder. It had quickly become clear 
to Hackworth that a man could get a bad reputation simply for having known that 
Dramatis Personae existed—at the same time, it was clear that almost 
everyone had heard about it. Rather than being spattered with any more 
opprobrium, he had sought the tickets among other tribes.