[The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookThe White Company CHAPTER XIX 10/22
He it is who stirs up strife, and forever blows the dying embers into flame.
The man with the mole upon his cheek is the Lord Pommers, and his two brothers stand behind him, with the Lord Lesparre, Lord de Rosem, Lord de Mucident, Sir Perducas d'Albret, the Souldich de la Trane, and others.
Further back are knights from Quercy, Limousin, Saintonge, Poitou, and Aquitaine, with the valiant Sir Guiscard d'Angle. That is he in the rose-colored doublet with the ermine." "And the knights upon this side ?" "They are all Englishmen, some of the household and others who like yourself, are captains of companies.
There is Lord Neville, Sir Stephen Cossington, and Sir Matthew Gourney, with Sir Walter Huet, Sir Thomas Banaster, and Sir Thomas Felton, who is the brother of the high steward. Mark well the man with the high nose and flaxen beard who hath placed his hand upon the shoulder of the dark hard-faced cavalier in the rust-stained jupon." "Aye, by St.Paul!" observed Sir Nigel, "they both bear the print of their armor upon their cotes-hardies.
Methinks they are men who breathe freer in a camp than a court." "There are many of us who do that, Nigel," said Chandos, "and the head of the court is, I dare warrant, among them.
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