<Li> Mr. Rutger is the Stonetown Orphanage director . Although not unkind, he is blinded by greed to Reynie's obvious higher educational needs . He gets paid for each student so he doesn't let Reynie go to an advanced school . </Li> <Li> The Helpers make food, do laundry, and perform the many mundane and manual labor tasks that help keep the Institute running . They are not allowed to talk to any students at L.I.V.E. or make eye contact . They share the same vacant, sad expressions as Milligan and Reynie soon discovers that the Helpers may have been brought to the Institute against their wills . </Li> <Li> The Recruiters go around kidnapping children for the Institute, to be used for Mr Curtain's messages . In the following books The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey and The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma ". </Li> <Ul> <Li> Mr. Curtain is the primary antagonist . His plan is to use the Whisperer to take over the world . He is the identical twin brother to Mr. Benedict . </Li> <Li> The Ten Men are men hired by Mr. Curtain to do his dirty work, such as shocking / electrocuting people with their silver watches and knocking people out with ties filled with noxious gas . </Li> </Ul>

What year does the mysterious benedict society take place