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Earl Rohand had a favourite page, named Guy, son of his just and upright steward, Segard of Wallingford; a brave and fearless youth, of strong and well-knit frame, whom Heraud of Ardenne, his tutor, taught betimes to just with lance and sword, and how to hunt with hawk and hound by wood and river side.
It was said that less than one hundred from each the Pat's and the Fourth C. M. R. came out of the fight. At this place several of our gun positions were in the grounds of what had been one of the most beautiful châteaux in Flanders the Château Segard, hundreds of years old but kept up in the most modern style until the war came. Now the buildings were but a mass of ruins.
'In what, I pray you tell me, does it put you above the rest who were dubbed by my father with you to-day? No troth of mine shall you have until your name is known from Warwick to Cathay. And Sir Guy confessed his folly and presumption, and went heavily unto the house of Segard.
The father of Guy, Segard the Wise, was one of the most trusty councillors of the powerful earl of Warwick and Oxford, who was feared as well as loved by all, as a man who would suffer no wrong through the lands which he governed. Now the earl had long noted the beauty and strength of Segard's young son, and had enrolled him amongst his pages and taught him all manner of knightly exercises.
'And I would not that I were behind them. 'You shall go, my son, said Segard, 'and I will give you as companions the well-tried knights Sir Thorold and Sir Leroy, and Héraud, whom I have proved in many wars. Besides these, you shall have men-at-arms with you, and such money as you may need.
Then bidding farewell to Segard his father, Sir Guy left Warwick with Heraud his tutor, and Sir Thorold and Sir Urry for company, and having reached the nearest seaport, set sail for Normandy in search of adventures wherein to prove his valour.
Then Sir Guy got him ready for his new quest. Earl Rohand tried to persuade him to remain at home, as likewise did his father Segard; and his mother, weeping, prayed him stay. She said, "Another year it may not fare so well with thee, my son. Leave well alone. Felice is cold and proud and cares not for thee, else she would not risk thy life again. What is it to her?
'O my father, he began before he had let the tapestry fall behind him, 'I would fain cross the seas and seek adventures. 'Truly this is somewhat sudden, my fair young knight, answered Sir Segard, with a mocking gleam in his eyes, for Guy's father had not been as blind as fathers are wont to be. 'Other knights do so, replied Guy, drawing figures on the floor with the point of his sword.
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