For a lady of covert activities, a cleverly noosed cravat can be as deadly as a bladed fan or a well

For a lady of covert activities, a cleverly noosed cravat can be as deadly as a bladed fan or a well-applied crumpet. Unless you’re wearing burgundy gloves, you’ll want avoid weapons likely to produce excess blood, and the cravat promises a minimal risk of damage to one’s attire. (Blood is just near to impossible to get out of silk!)

Let us only hope your adversary is without an Anti-Garroting Cravat, which are all the rage among gentlemen targets these days. They make finishing so terribly inconvenient, and force a lady to resort to far messier alternatives.