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. Finally he said,
slowly and carefully, "Learn this, and learn it well. There is
only one kind of honor. Don't ever believe that a conflict
with the Oath or the Measure means that there's a conflict
of two honors."
He relaxed. He alone knew what a crisis of faith that
sort of question produced in a man. "There are, however,
conflicts between kinds of duty," he added.
*****
LATE IN THE SUMMER SHE SAID PLAYFULLY,
"ARE YOU A FAMILY MAN?"
"I'VE TOLD YOU." MORAN HAD SHOWN HER HIS
FAMILY TOMB, RECITED MOST OF HIS ANCESTORS'
HISTORY.
SHE POKED HIM IN THE RIBS TEASINGLY. "I MEAN,
WOULD YOU BE GOOD TO A CHILD, NO MATTER
WHO THE CHILD IS, OR WHAT IT'S LIKE?"
"OF COURSE I WOULD."
SHE WAVED HER ARMS, LAUGHING AT HIM, BUT
THERE WERE TEARS IN HER EYES, TOO. "I MEAN
LOOK AFTER AND TRAIN, AND SEE TO ITS NEEDS.
DO YOU PROMISE, EVEN IF THAT CHILD COMES
BETWEEN YOU AND SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT
TO DO?" HER LAUGHTER FADED. "PLEASE - "
UNHESITATINGLY HE SAID, "I'D DO ALL THAT
AND MORE. NO MATTER WHAT I HAD TO GIVE UP."
HE PICKED HER UP EASILY AND KISSED HER
REPEATEDLY. HE PROMISED THAT HE WOULD
ALWAYS, FOR HER SAKE, "LOOK AFTER AND TRAIN"
CHILDREN.
LOOKING BACK, HE REALIZED THAT HIS
PROMISE HAD MADE HIM THE BEST TEACHER THE
KNIGHTS HAD EVER HAD
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