"I wasn't talking about you in specific," Alucard says, rolling his eyes far too hard than required for this conversation. "I was generalizing, based on my own past work."

He is, in fact, certain that Jonathan Strange is an idiot. Dabbling in necromancy alone meant he was an idiot. Confirming it was even stupider. It was stunning.

The rest is considered carefully. Mulled over. "You're right about a small group or even just one or two people. So then are the visits regular on a monthly basis, or tied to more specific needs or dates? Either are plausible. Death dates would be the easiest to examine."