Thread:Recludam/@comment-16241899-20161211100835/@comment-3242762-20161211222443

Food for thought:

''What the aristocracy will pay for a portrait painted by Anton Sokolov! If only they knew how much he detests them!''

I know that doesn't explicitly say, "hey I'm Sokolov, I'm not aristocracy," but there's a distinction in there.

''I’ve been invited to a soiree at the Boyle Estate. Of course, I won’t attend. The 28th day of the 7th month, the Month of High Cold, is the day I met Anton Sokolov at the Academy. Why would I tarnish the anniversary of the most important day of my life by licking aristocratic boots? I have no time for Fools. I will be solving the riddle of this plague.''

Again, not explicit, but something of a distinction nonetheless.