“Whynot？Itisaswelltofacethings。Lookatallthesemonumentsaboutus，andinscriptions，alotofthemtoyoungpeople，thoughnowitdoesn’tmatteriftheywereoldoryoung。Gone，everyoneofthemandquiteforgotten，thoughsomeweregreatfolkintheirtime。Goneutterlyandforalways，nothingleft，exceptperhapsdescendantsinalabourer’scottagehereandtherewhoneverevenheardofthem。“
“Idon’tbelieveit，“hesaidalmostpassionately，Ibelievethattheyarelivingforeverandever，perhapsasyouandI，perhapselsewhere。“
“IwishIcould，“sheanswered，smiling，“forthenmydreammighthavebeentrue，andyoumighthavebeenthatknightwhosebrassislost，“
andshepointedtoanemptymatrixalongsidethatofthegreatPlantagenetlady。
GodfreyglancedattheinscriptionwhichwasleftwhentheCromwellianstoreupthebrass。