Ten Years Later Chapter 29 - Le Terrain de Dieu

In which the Duke of Buckingham and the Marquis de Wardes embark upon a journey marked by forced camaraderie and veiled animosities, their discourse delicately avoiding the tenderest of subjects as they traverse from Paris to Calais. Their uneasy truce culminates in a duel upon a fleeting island at the mercy of the rising tide, where honour and survival become intertwined beneath a splendid and somber sky.