SC - Highnesses, Lownesses, and Period Cooking.

[david friedman]

>Anyway, if Lance or I seem to have been putting ourselves forward in her
>defence, it is understandable. We're retainers (Lance is in her household,
>I'm not) and wouldn't be able to look at ourselves in the mirror if we sat
>around as people attacked the Princess who is unable to defend herself in
>this medium. (If you haven't seen any attacks, assume you're on the wrong
>mailing list.)

A question--on the obligations of retainers:

Suppose you conclude that the attacks are correct and Her Highness is 
wrong. Could you look at yourself in your mirror if you didn't point 
out Her Highness's error and do everything you could to persuade her 
to correct it?

David/Cariadoc
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