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Scarlet, an old English name, probably came from the colour of the clothing of the people who were first called by it scarlet, like all bright colours, being very much liked in the Middle Ages. So we hear of the name Curtmantle, or "short cloak," and Curthose, which was later changed to Shorthose, which is still a well-known name in Derbyshire.
The nineteenth was that great king, bad man, and worse father, Henry Curtmantle himself. It was a very dark night, without moon or stars, a hot and still night wherein a man weather-wise might smell the rain.
The fiends!" sobbed Louis Verger, covering a small partially charred object with the curtmantle of which he had rapidly divested himself for the purpose. Then it came upon those who stood on the floor of the tower that they were in the marshal's main charnel-house.
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