This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Alone in the House of Heavenbound." In this poem, Longfellow describes himself as a "gentleman" who has learned to "slam for someone his age" . In other words, he's learned to fight for someone who's his age. In this case, it's the Princess of France. She's already defeated the old woman, and now she's planning to use her power to lure the knights away from Heavenbound. The knights all go back to Heavenbound, and the princess says she'll stay and fight. The princess tells the knights
This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Alone in the House of Heavenbound." In this poem, Longfellow describes himself as a "gentleman" who has learned to "slam for someone his age" . In other words, he's learned to fight for someone who's his age. In this case, it's the Princess of France. She's already defeated the old woman, and now she's planning to use her power to lure the knights away from Heavenbound. The knights all go back to Heavenbound, and the princess says she'll stay and fight. The princess tells the knights