"You know? I still remember how pathetic you looked, like a caterpillar on my horse."
However, Rufus didn't seem ready to let the matter drop, catching up with Eric.
"I've already moved on from that. It seems you haven't. What is it? Do you feel you didn't receive the reward you deserved?
I think you deserve far more than Odo. What does he have, besides the fief he received by virtue of being my father's half-brother?
You are far more capable than he is, Gloucester.
Your proposal was truly astonishing. Forcing the Nobility to concede in the name of the Pope and the Church, pitting the Bishops against the Nobility in a struggle over judicial privileges, and then attempting to turn the citizenry toward the King. And though you never mentioned the King's rights, the overlapping jurisdictions would have undoubtedly made him the final arbiter.
You've certainly earned your reputation for being meticulous, Gloucester.
