Duty or Friendship? pg. 261

Is duty more important or friendship? Which is worse, betraying one's duty or one's friend? Personally, I think betraying one's duty is worse. Of course, if one's duty is house chores, yes, without another word, betraying one's friend is worse. However, what if the duty is a important top secret mission duty, for example, going to an enemy's department and figuring out secrets? Or setting a time bomb in an enemy's building? In those cases, you work with a massive group of people to plan those conspiracies. Is it better to betray the duty now? No. What if the enemies suddenly get more angry and kill you? What if the people that you once worked with, are angry you betrayed your duty and betrayed them, and start revenging on you? Would that be more important, than spilling your friend's secret of how she peed her pants when she was in second grade? No. If you betrayed your friend, yes, it hurts. You feel immense gush of remorse. However, you can always apologize, you can explain, that you couldnt betray your duty. Though it does not mean she would definitely forgive you, but at least both of you guys are alive.