...yne was in the place carved out for him by nature. A trooper's sabre was his faith, his hope and—for the foe of all he loved—his charity. As Scott said, after severing connection with Vera Cruz , Payne might have said of his own spirit, The scabbard was thrown away and we advanced with the naked blade. His was the grace which made daring beautiful. He was a lineal descendant of that old ...