Merriman shakes his head, slowly. 'I do not know Mister Norrington well myself. I have little idea of the sort of man he is. I would hope that he knew nothing of the heart's true purpose, save that it was a means through which he could bargain his way to some form of redemption.' The word redemption comes out a little bitterly. 'I have some idea of what form that redemption might have taken -- the Company does have a bargaining chip that might appeal to him. But being here, it has no value to him.'
He is trying not to think badly of Norrington. Not to sit in judgment, not without other evidence. But he knows the sort of men who receive Letters of Marque, and he can think of none that he would trust with an object of such terrible and unpredictable power.
'If he knew the consequences, he might have reconsidered. But I do not know him well enough to know if they would have served as a complete deterrent.'
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Date: 2006-10-03 04:12 am (UTC)He is trying not to think badly of Norrington. Not to sit in judgment, not without other evidence. But he knows the sort of men who receive Letters of Marque, and he can think of none that he would trust with an object of such terrible and unpredictable power.
'If he knew the consequences, he might have reconsidered. But I do not know him well enough to know if they would have served as a complete deterrent.'