Psellos had made a request as the krites left the capital and renewed it now, that a tax official be helped in his work and treated as a friend. Psellos had just heard the krites was hostile, maybe over a minor issue, but this should soon be over. In view of his expenses, he wrote in a second letter, the official could not conform with all official rulings, as his income would not equal his rights; the krites should turn a blind eye, thus avoiding criticisms often made of judges and seeming fair to tax officials