Squire to Knight

As the knight disappeared into the distance in a cloud of soot and dust, it took all but a moment for the squire to decide to follow him. He waited for a couple of minutes by a putting on his armour; chain mail over boiled leather, a short sword, bow with a quiver full of arrows and a simple wooden shield. He mounted his horse and put his heels into its side and the beast reared and galloped in the direction the knight had gone, passing the mass of charred bodies being tended to by the peasan...