2/31 You have served us, or rather England well, both of you. But whose armour is that the archer carries, Sir Hugh ?" "Sir Edmund Acour's, lord de Noyon, Sire, only, alack! another man was within the armour." "Your meaning ?" said the King briefly, and in few words Hugh told the tale. It would seem that God fought against you in this matter. Also I am wroth; my orders were that none of my men should sally out, though I fear me that you are not the only one who has broken them, and for your great deeds I forgive you." "Sire," said Hugh, dropping to his knee again, "a boon. This de Noyon, your enemy and mine, has cheated and mocked me. |