[Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson]@TWC D-Link bookOddsfish! CHAPTER III 2/19
Of the foot-soldiers, such as the Buffs, most were mousquetaires; but some trailed pikes, and every one of them had a sword.
These troops I saw constantly in town; besides the Yeomen who were closely attached to the person of his Sacred Majesty. It was by the Duke of Monmouth's lodgings that I had my first sight of the Duke of Monmouth himself; for as I came towards the archway, by which were the lodgings of my Lady Suffolk, he himself came out from his own.
I did not know who he was, until the fellow by me saluted him and doffed his cap, whereupon I did the same.
I think I have never seen a more handsome lad in all my life (for he looked no more, though he was near thirty years old).
His face was as smooth as a girl's, though not at all effeminate; he had a high and merry look with him, and bore himself, with his two friends, like a prince; he had violet eyes and arched brows over them.
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