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"Why, sir, he's a Colossus!" quoted that nimble youth; "'and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peer about " "And will find yourself a dishonourable grave," my father capped him. "What's your name, boy?" "Fiennes, sir; Nathaniel Fiennes." The lad saluted. My father lifted his hat in answer. "Founder's kin?" "I am here on that condition, sir."
These were Nathaniel Fiennes, alias "Young Subtlety," and the witty and freethinking Henry Marten. Although as many as 146 Recruiters had been elected before the end of the year, they appear to have taken their places but slowly. Not till January 26, 1645-6, does one perceive any considerable effect on the numbers of the House.
At the other side of the table were a line of proud and warlike Lords, Fiennes, Chatillon, Nesle, de Landas, de Beaujeu, with the fierce knight errant de Chargny, he who had planned the surprise of Calais, and Eustace de Ribeaumont, who had upon the same occasion won the prize of valor from the hands of Edward of England. Such were the chiefs to whom the King now turned for assistance and advice.
Nat Fiennes had sprung to his feet, musket in hand, when another and less romantic sound broke the silence of the near woods; and down through a glade on the slope above us, where darkness and day yet mingled in a bluish twilight under the close boughs, came scampering back the hogs described to us by Mr. Fett.
Madame de Fiennes was in the habit of saying that the Royal Family adhered so strictly to their habits and customs that the Queen of England died with a toguet on her head; that is, a little cap which is put upon children when they go to bed. When the King denied anything it was not permitted to argue with him; what he commanded must be done quickly and without reply.
But other voices than Fiennes' answered my shout over the river voices that I knew, though they belonged not to this hour nor to this place; and blinking against the sun, now sinning level across Lavender Meads, I was aware of two tall figures standing dark against it, and of a third and shorter one between whose legs it poured in gold as through a natural arch.
They had been allowed to keep their weapons, so the officers had their swords, and the men carried their musquets. Most of them looked dull and dispirited, and the officers had very gloomy, displeased faces. In fact, they were very angry with their commander, Colonel Fiennes, for having surrendered so easily, and he was afterwards brought to a court-martial for having done so.
Madame de Fiennes was in the habit of saying that the Royal Family adhered so strictly to their habits and customs that the Queen of England died with a toguet on her head; that is, a little cap which is put upon children when they go to bed. When the King denied anything it was not permitted to argue with him; what he commanded must be done quickly and without reply.
Look!" "I can't find any," said the little novice, who was Mademoiselle de Fiennes, "and smell no odour other than our own." "Do as I am about to tell you, and be no more bitten.
The mistress ran instantly to Henri IV. to complain, but the King, having heard her story, said, "This is your own fault; why did you not speak to the Queen with the respect which you owe to her?" Madame de Fiennes, who in her youth had been about the Queen-mother, used always to say to the late Monsieur, "The Queen, your mother, was a very silly woman; rest her soul!"
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