somewhat NP, "damn I have been studying to be a seneschal"

[Michael Bailey]

followed a link at the bottom of the page about troubadours...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Defunct_occupations

A seneschal was an officer in the houses of important nobles in the
Middle Ages. In the French administrative system of the Middle Ages,
the sénéchal was also a royal officer in charge of justice and control
of the administration in southern provinces, equivalent to the
northern French bailli.
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"Frenesi's eyes, even on the aging ECO stock, took over the frame, a
defiance of blue unfadable."