The White Company Chapter 12 - How Alleyne Learned More than he could Teach

In which the stirring preparations for war summon forth a stern company of archers and men-at-arms from throughout Hampshire, led by the honourable yet impoverished Sir Nigel Loring, as young Alleyne Edricson takes up the duties of a squire and begins to see the world beyond his monastic upbringing. Meanwhile, Alleyne finds himself both tutor and pupil to the enigmatic Lady Maude, whose restless spirit and tender moods draw him ever closer into the complexities of life, doubt, and the delicate stirrings of the heart.