Faithful Dead
“Many of the soldiers were old campaigners, and were putting their own lewd words to the familiar tune; Geoffroi, who had picked these up months ago, sang them too, laughing as he did so with the sheer joy of being young, fit, mounted on a fine horse and riding to war.
Geoffroi knew, almost as soon as he knew anything, that he was going to be a soldier. His first sword had been a small bolt of wood; not very large but heavy enough to lay open his elder brother’s head when Robert failed to duck o...ut of the way in time. The three-year-old Geoffroi had received a beating – not a severe one, for his parents did not believe that the right way to discipline children was to thrash obedience into them – and, far more painfully, he had been deprived of both his little sword and his hobby horse for a whole week.
Geoffroi would say as he grew up that he had ridden before he walked, although this was a slight exaggeration; the riding in question had been sitting in front of his father on the great bay, Heracles, his shrill, ten-month-old voice screaming with a mixture of excitement and terror.MoreLess
Geoffroi knew, almost as soon as he knew anything, that he was going to be a soldier. His first sword had been a small bolt of wood; not very large but heavy enough to lay open his elder brother’s head when Robert failed to duck o...ut of the way in time. The three-year-old Geoffroi had received a beating – not a severe one, for his parents did not believe that the right way to discipline children was to thrash obedience into them – and, far more painfully, he had been deprived of both his little sword and his hobby horse for a whole week.
Geoffroi would say as he grew up that he had ridden before he walked, although this was a slight exaggeration; the riding in question had been sitting in front of his father on the great bay, Heracles, his shrill, ten-month-old voice screaming with a mixture of excitement and terror.MoreLess
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