“But in very truth, Sir Tristram, if I may venture a word of counsel, I should advise that you make your peace with this good man.”īut to horse, Sir Nigel, you and yours and we shall seek the chateau of Sir Tristram de Rochefort, which is two miles on this side of Villefranche. (Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ” Rice’s “History of the Turf ” Tristram’s “Coaching Days ” James’s “Naval History ” Clark Russell’s “Collingwood” and “Nelson.”
” Jesse’s “Life of Brummell ” “Boxiana ” “Pugilistica ” Harper’s “Brighton Road ” Robinson’s “Last Earl of Barrymore” and “Old Q. (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)Īmongst the books to which I am indebted for my material in my endeavour to draw various phases of life and character in England at the beginning of the century, I would particularly mention Ashton’s Dawn of the Nineteenth Century Gronow’s “Reminiscences ” Fitzgerald’s “Life and Times of George IV.
“This is untoward, Sir Tristram,” he said at last.
