Open Letter to Prince Robert

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The Duke of Crestfall cannot help but be pleased that a common man would seek so fervently to defend the honor of a noblewoman. He pens a swift letter in response,

 

Holy Sir,

 

Your offer is to be never accepted, for folk of lower standing may not, by all tradition, challenge men of higher birth, and certainly not my Imperial son to a duel. I will, however, receive you, as a Holy Sir, and pray with you, should we seek to find the Grace of God together, and reconcile in place of this strange politic of my family you involve yourself in. That you should accept is a great defense of your honor, and I pray we may see the sense in it together. Too often we dearly pious men are clouded by the simplest politic, myself included. So it is, we are all sinners,

 

HIH The Duke of Crestfall.