Kyra Davis, arriving at Port Bowen on Luna, is arrested by North American Sepo but immediately removed from their custody by Arren and his associate, Isabu, two ancillaries of the Lord Rinndalir. The contract delegated to Fireball Enterprises does not affect Selenarchic sovereignty and a Selenarch's messengers are not obliged to show any warrant. We, or at least I, welcome this development. We want to get away from dodging the Sepo and prefer to read about those artificial aliens, the Lunarians. We saw Rinndalir's head and upper torso in a previous chapter when he overrode the multiceiver in a Lunar bar to speak to one man drinking there.
Download Guthrie had anticipated Kyra's arrest by alerting "'...my lord Rinndalir..." (24, p. 231) Guthrie, a capitalist, respects the Lunarians' feudal titles and terminology.
7 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Even if somewhat faded and attenuated, those feudal titles and forms still exists in the UK.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
The Queen is still "Duke of Normandy" in relation to the Channel Islands!
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I read of that, and of how in Lancaster the Queen is also a "Duke." I remembered being puzzled over why that was not "Duchess"!
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
The Queen is also Lord of (the Isle of) Man. She is "Duke" and "Lord" because these are higher titles than "Duchess" or "Lady" and, as Monarch, she has to have the highest titles.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
That explains the oddity! It was only as time passed that "duke" and "duchess" came to be considered equal in rank and status. But not in Lancaster, Man, or those Channel Islands.
Strictly speaking, the Channel Islands and Man are not even parts of the UK! It's more like a dynastic union.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
So the Queen of England is Lord of Man and Duke of Normandy (in the Channel Islands) but is not Queen in either of those places?
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Correct. But I'm sure the people who live there refer to her Majesty as the "Queen" most times!
Ad astra! Sean
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