of course , servius was an honest man ; servius subscribed to the same code of honour that they did ... ( that in itself , of course , was an admission from her that servius was as dishonest as she was ; they both knew how much honour remained in them after their years of struggle and of rule , and it came down to this , that either of them would fight on the other 's behalf , that the two of them would face down the world together .