Sir Nigel Quotes

“The fantastic graces of Chivalry lay upon the surface of life, but beneath it was a half-savage population, fierce and animal, with little ruth or mercy.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel

“The Frenchman sat up with that strange energy which comes often as the harbinger of death. "(...) This I tell you - I, Raoul de la Roche Pierre de Bras, dying upon the field of honour. And now kiss me, sweet friend, and lay me back, for the mists closes round me and I am gone!"
With tender hands the squire [Nigel] lowered his comrade's head, but even as he did so there came a choking rush of blood, and the soul had passed. So died a gallant cavalier of France, and Nigel, as he knelt in the ditch beside him, prayed that his own end might be as noble and as debonair.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel (Original Unabridged Version) (Optimized and Formatted Well) (with Active Table of Contents, Navigation Function, Simple User Guide) TOC

“But you have the nimble mind and quick fancy of youth, turning over from the thing that is half done to a further task beyond.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel

“for in days when books were few and readers scarce, a long memory and a ready tongue were of the more value;”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel

“Perchance you shall, fair sir," said Nigel, "for all that I have seen of you fills me with this desire to go further with you. It is in my mind that we might turn this thing to profit and to honour, for when Sir Robert has spoken to you, I am free to do with you as I will.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel (Original Unabridged Version) (Optimized and Formatted Well) (with Active Table of Contents, Navigation Function, Simple User Guide) TOC