I am indeed. I've had tea imported from Japan regularly. My family's seniormost butler hails from Japan, and we often import goods for his sake. He is most fond of the gyokuro tea.

I will admit my overall knowledge is cursory at best, but Tanaka has been with our family since my father was young. I'm sure he's slipped some things into our lives that we may have been ignorant off all these years.

[Since there was probably no avoiding his status as nobility, he decided to reveal it and hope it lead to a measure of protection. Surely and English nobleman with copious resources back home was of more value alive than not?

Not that he thinks this man will try to take him for a ransom, but if one man knows then he has to assume everyone else will in due time.]

Ah, I should probably elaborate: I'm an Earl, and the current head of the Phantomhive family.