Chapter 4
As you might have guessed, Lord British is old money, from the stiff-upper-lip school of bribing life like a wealthy man. He’s also one of those rare, distinguished people who can walk into a room while reeking of alcohol, realize he’s not wearing pants, and then excuse himself without losing any sense of personal dignity. The important thing is that form is maintained, after all.
Like most of his ilk, he believes the most important thing anyone can do is know their place. Then everything you actually deserve will come without undue effort. He also believes he has an instinctive and unerring knowledge about everyone else’s place as well, and in his retirement considers it his duty to punish those with the presumption to “reach beyond one’s standing.” Ferreting out his connectio
