Noblesse Oblige And One Shall Be Taken

"Noblesse oblige" is one of those phrases that we read in literature about aristocrats but it is helpful to find an explanation. I mentioned CS Lewis' reference to aristocratic honor in Pride And Patience. Does Dominic Flandry refer to "noblesse oblige"? The only place I can find it on the blog is in connection with David Falkayn. See Falkayn Remembers...II.

Dornford Yates' "Rose" Noble tells us that "Noblesse Oblige" means:

"'Don' let 'em see your dirt.'"
-Perishable Goods (London, 1928), CHAPTER VIII, p. 259.

Yates' Jonathan Mansel quotes and expounds scripture in a way that is relevant to Dominic Flandry's condition after the murder of his fiancee:

"'The one shall be taken,' he said, 'and the other left.' That is the private touchstone of the great Alchemist himself. Only the greatest hearts come to be put to such a shining proof, and those that pass it, my lady, emerge so tempered that no blow can ever dent them and they can turn the edge of every sorrow.'"
-CHAPTER IX, p. 282. (See Matthew 24:40)

Yates' Richard Chandos applies the term, "The Last of the Knights," to Mansel. (p. 277)