wintersole

Updated: May 14, 2025

"Can you not see, oh foolish Master Wintersole, that the French suspect we are about to make some attempt and that they have sent Peter the Red Ferret, as they have sent him many times before, to get tidings of whither we are bound? Now that he knows that the stores are for Calais, then the French near Calais will take his warning, and so the King's whole plan come to nothing."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Nigel

At the sight of Chandos he gave a cry of joy and quickened his pace so that when he did at last reach him he could only stand gasping and waving his hands. "Give yourself time, good Master Wintersole, give yourself time!" said Chandos in a soothing voice. "The papers!" gasped the little man. "Oh, my Lord Chandos, the papers " "What of the papers, my worthy sir?"

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Nigel