KNIGHTLY DAYS.
When Sir Walter Raleigfi cast down his cloak for Qiieou Elizabeth to walk on he lit a fire of chivalry in England which has not yet gono out. ;,." A lady architect, in describing her experiences with the British workman, told 'how one oi' them took off his coat for her to kneel on when she had to stoop in a vory untidy plpcc to inspect an excavation. ...... . Sir Walter 'a gallant gesture was. made before a queen; the bricklayer's offering of his coat was an act of pure courtesy to a woman. : The knightly days are not !yet gone;
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 46, 1 September 1928, Page 15
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101KNIGHTLY DAYS. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 46, 1 September 1928, Page 15
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