With the passing of Geoffrey Lysle the Squire our story draws to a close.
It remains to be said that the newly-made knight bore himself right valiantly throughout the long-drawn siege of Rouen and the stern conflict before Pontoise, adding to his laurels in a manner worthy of a man whom the King had delighted to honour.
After the Perpetual Treaty of Troyes, Geoffrey followed the example of his royal master, and took unto himself a wife from the Land of the Fleurs de Lys, the fair bride being Aimée, daughter of the chivalrous Raoul d'Aulx.
Oft-times did Sir Geoffrey Lysle cross the Channel under the banner of England, and, in the dark pages of history relating to the undoing of all that King Henry V had achieved, his deeds, together with those of numerous warriors, both of high and low degree, serve to show that in the hour of defeat the spirit of the English nation can still remain undaunted.
Oswald Steyning, too, won his spurs, by a signal act of devoted gallantry at Verneuil. Throughout the long-drawn contest for the possession of the realm of France the two knights maintained the bond of friendship cemented in their early days, and on their retirement from service in the field no joust or spear-running held in the counties of Hampshire and Sussex was considered a success unless honoured by the presence of the veteran knights, Sir Geoffrey Lysle and Sir Oswald Steyning.
The valiant old man-at-arms, Arnold Gripwell, settled down to a quiet life upon his freehold farm purchased by the hard-earned spoils of the field of battle. But his martial instincts oft reasserted themselves, especially when, surrounded by an eager crowd of boys—the future guardians of the sea-girt realm of England—he would relate the story of how the young Squire of Warblington won his spurs in the glorious days of Agincourt.
THE END
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