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` Yes , our language was spoilt by being mixed with French before it had come to its perfection , ' said Anne ; ` but still you have not proved that King Alfred was not a knight in the highest sense of the word , a preux chevalier . ' ` I never heard of Alfred on horseback , nor did I ever know him called Sir Alfred of Wessex . ' ` Sir is French , and short for seigneur or senior , ' said Anne ; ` besides , I suppose , you never heard Coeur-de-Lion called Sir Richard Plantagenet . ' ` I will tell you how you may find out all about it , ' interrupted Katherine ; ` Mrs. Turner 's nephew , Mr. Augustus Mills , is going to give a lecture this evening , at seven o'clock , upon chivalry , and all that . Mrs. Turner has been telling us all day how much she wishes us to go . ' ` Mr. Augustus Mills ! ' said Elizabeth ; ` is he the little red-haired wretch who used to pester me about dancing all last year ? '