. In happy far-away land . saw that as the sun shone on them the thickdust which covered them gleamed white in the light, and he stood there, cladin a mantle as snowy as the Kings very own. Wondering, he sank on oneknee. The King touched him lightly on the shoulder with his sword. THE WHITE KNIGHT 55 You shall be first among my knights hereafter, said he, for you havethis day done brave deeds indeed. You have given help to the helpless, andyou have saved the Kings highway. These things have you done, not foryour own sake, that you might win my favor, but for the sake of who does the
. In happy far-away land . saw that as the sun shone on them the thickdust which covered them gleamed white in the light, and he stood there, cladin a mantle as snowy as the Kings very own. Wondering, he sank on oneknee. The King touched him lightly on the shoulder with his sword. THE WHITE KNIGHT 55 You shall be first among my knights hereafter, said he, for you havethis day done brave deeds indeed. You have given help to the helpless, andyou have saved the Kings highway. These things have you done, not foryour own sake, that you might win my favor, but for the sake of who does the little act of kindness which lies near at hand is Greater o far than he who rides far away to seek mighty deeds to do. Rise, SirKnight—my white knight of the kindly heart—for the mantle and spursof knighthood are yours. And as Tom entered the castle gates at the Kings right hand, the buglesplayed the merriest tune they knew, for the bravest and gentlest of all theKings knights had come back from his quest,
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