Instead, Remember only the loyalty That I have always found in you, And which I'm sure is still there, too. There's been plenty of time to judge him in, More than enough, I'd say, for one As smart as you. What I make Of him, sir, is this. A wonderful sense of fine detail, But a young man's fancy can sometimes fail Through rashness or over-compensation. Salamanca was his nurse, He needs to be weaned away from the taste For sophomoric pranks, and placed Where that crowd can't infect him.
Nothing's worse Than the habits picked up in college.
I'd never have said a single word To hurt you, sir, if you had not Commanded me. I know too well Your loyalty and love for me. If I remind you not to tell Your son. Surely you see The risk I run. Go out and order them to prepare Our horses.