Synopsis: A chevauchée is nothing more than a raid, designed to punish as much as for plunder. Sir Thomas has seen it all, and lived to tell the tale. The withered old man was a vigorous knight and a pillar of the community, with his wife and sons gone before him. Sir Thomas Jolly is on his deathbed. Father Hardie is there at his side, to give him the last rites, to offer comfort and solace and to listen, as Thomas opens up about his feelings, possibly for the first time in many years. A short story of The Hundred Years War.
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This is a brief story of a young man's initiation into the harsh realities of war (in Nantes), with Sir Thomas Jolly recounting events on his deathbed to one Father Hardie, who is present to give him the last rights.
A fair story with a rather abrupt ending.
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