The knight seemed to consider. "And why should a soldier of the Duke's be so careful of English lives?" he asked.
"I would help my lord Duke to conquer this land,"was the answer. "We have broken their army and the way is straight before us. We shall have to fight other armies, but we cannot be fighting all our days, and we do not conquer England till England accepts us. I have heard enough of that stubborn people to know that the way to win them is not by murder. A fair fight, and then honest dealing and mercy, say I."