On the Honor Due to King Morgant of Madoc
From Lloyd Alexander's The Black Cauldron:
"Morgant?" asked Taran.... "How can there be honor for such a man?"...
"Until the search for power parched his throat, he was a fearless and noble lord.... These things are part of him and cannot be put aside or forgotten.
"And so shall I honor Morgant," Gwydion said, "for what he used to be..."