Chapter 26 Part III

Truth, Honor and Justice at a Dinner Party

“For all practical purposes, Madame, my son is correct. There is no longer honor in the North, as we once understood the term. What passes for honor in the North is really integrity, which is based on reason. The ancient heroes of the Odyssey and Iliad were driven by passion and vengeance, not reason, Madame. Rationality did not occur to them,” the jud…