[MR] courtesy to ladies...and others

[Terry Buyers]

Jester is Galdemar, Lady is Etiene of ship St. Erasmus.  Forgive my errors
in spelling, if any.

Let me know if you want to go to anything at Camp York. We can arrange for
the Munchkin Movers to assist you.

FWIW: Happened to be busy loading out myself, saw a lady struggling up the
hill with a load, sent #1 son to help her. He came back a bit downcast at a
somewhat rude refusal. A while later same lady came back and looked him up
to apologise for her abruptness in refusing. It was done very sweetly and
made him feel about 10 feet tall.

                Taras



> From: "Rowanwald Central" <rowanwald at sybercom.net>
> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:30:40 -0400
> To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Subject: Re: [MR] courtesy to ladies...and others
> 
> Lord Rupert wrote:
>
> A sweet and kind man, whose name now escapes me, but who is a jester in
> incredible motley, was kind enough to help myself and another lady as we
> carried our burdens from the car to the cabin.
> Falling down and spraining my ankle in the morning did not make things ea
> sier. That can be chalked up to inattention - I was chatting and glanced at
> my companion rather than watching what I knew was a treacherous road. What
> capped it, however, for my husband, was learning that our party of three
> lost our seating because some other gentles decided that the seating chart
> was not important and were rude about their right to sit with their friends
> "since it's OUR barony after all".  As we were visitors from a different
> barony, I suppose that they may be justified... but my husband was less
> understanding of the rudeness offered to a lady, and even more irate that it
> was offered to a visiting landed baroness and her retinue...
> the Autocrat, by the way, was very distressed on our behalf and made
> arrangements for my companions to be seated by each other, while folks at
> another table caught the panicked look on her face and gallantly sat one of
> their children in their lap in order to offer me a seat at feast. I was
> grateful for their courtesy, as the autocrat was unaware that I had caught
> that the seat she was offering me at another table was *her* seat -and she,
> dear lady, deserved to sit while she ate far more than I did! Upon being
> seated, I found that the gallant lady mother with the child under her arm
> was the captain of a ship's crew, and one of her crewmen and table-mates was
> none other than the jester! I commend these fine people for their gallantry
> and cheerfulness.
> 
> Be that as it may, until there are easier arrangements for guests at that
> site, to my sorrow, we will not be returning.
> 
> Rosine, Baroness of Marinus