In this kind of situation, we tend to cling to his convictions, we believe that, by magic, we are going to recover. Then we agree to drive less good cars and we are fatally more exposed. It is what finally happened to me with Ensign.
I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.
There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

