82 Final Preparations

Ang mga pamilyang may mahabang kasaysayan na katulad na lamang ng pinagmulan ni Garreth ay maraming pormalidad na kailangang sundin, lalo na sa aspeto ng pagpapanatili ng ugnayan sa pagitan ng mga pamilyang parehong miyembro ng antas ng lipunan na kanilang kinabibilangan. They maintain close ranks and don’t easily welcome new members. 

The unwritten rules in their hierarchy are silently enforced and strictly followed, which makes it difficult for those who belonged to the lower rank to integrate themselves into this far higher and superior class.

Garreth had not been a stickler to such rules. He was secretly disgusted by these, and thus, had seldom abided by them in the past. He could afford to do so because he had always been an exemplary figure in his generation in terms of looks, education, capabilities, and achievements. His background might have