ANST - escorts into court

[Chris and Elisabeth Zakes]

At 10:06 PM 1/18/98 -0600, you wrote:
>On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Lori Campbell <LCAMPBEL at ossm.edu>
>wrote:
>> Maybe the gentleman wishing to offer assistance could find
>> a way to ask the lady (either verbally or with a gesture)
>> if she would like an escort into court.
>
>It would, however, have to be very quickly, as the nobles
>and those viewing are all waiting for the lady.  Further,
>anyone being called into court is likely to be flustered,
>which does not help fast, accurate communication.  With that
>flustering, if he *doesn't* ask, there's the problem of the
>lady getting to the front and only then remembering that she
>wanted to have her gentleman friend escort her ...


I don't see the problem. She's called into court, her gentleman friend (or
some other convenient person) says "my lady would you like an escort?" and
she says "yes, please" or "no, but thank you for offering". Basic courtesy
we should have learned in kindergarten, if not earlier.

	-Tivar Moondragon


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