The Unexpected - Part 4

"I still find contempt for the man who leans towards such a solution," Oliver said. "Money ought not buy goodness. Just because you have coin, and you throw it at something, doesn't simply make you a good person."

"You sound like you speak of the memory of something else, rather than what we saw in front of us," Verdant said.

"Perhaps," Oliver admitted. "Perhaps."

"Besides…" Oliver continued, spotting the tournament ground a short way off in the distance. "I am not a good man, after all."

"An amusing thought," Verdant replied.

"I stride the line too loosely to be called it," Oliver responded quickly, hearing the condescension in his retainer's voice.

"Do you suppose that makes you a worse man?" Verdant asked. "I believe it makes you a better one."