"Is this a request or a command?
Mr.Percival, I will be quite frank with you.

Mr.Landover is our friend.

I am not, however, defending him in the position he has taken.

There is no reason why he should not do his share with the rest of the men.

But was it necessary to humiliate him, was it necessary to insult him as you did this morning?
He is a distinguished man.