“Your Majesty,” the First Minister addressed King George the Thirty, “it is necessary to make a royal decision. To execute or forgive?
Remind me what the problem is, the king replied.
This is about the overseas scientist. The one who stopped the plague. Some say burn a witch. Others say he is a saint. What shall we do?
“There you have to think,” the king shrugged his eyebrows, “It would not be good to let the wizard go. But executing a saint is also bad. Most importantly what?
What is? Do not make mistakes?
No, it is possible at once. The important thing is that the mistake is not irreversible.
The king swallowed his lips.
In general yes. If we justify him as a saint, we will no longer be able to execute him as a wizard. And if we execute as a magician, then we can easily justify (posthumously) as a saint. Tom is so.
G-ni-al-no, Your Majesty! the Minister cried with a breath.