Curious Customs of the Toussaintois (excerpt)

…Where have all the heroic and selfless knights gone? Are the truly noble, like Ramon of Gichon or Martinus de la Pacque, a thing of the past now? Though they maintain a facade of independence and altruism, the knights errant of Toussaint of our day are paid, and by the Duchess herself! So I ask – is that noble? Is that dignified?! Should a knight, a nobleman after all, receive payment for his heroic deeds?! Is he but a mercenary or, pardon my Nazairi, a ploughing witcher? Shouldn’t the tears of joy of a rescued damsel suffice as a reward? I simply cannot understand it! To paraphrase the weighty words of the wise Renè de Hospitalier – such fools, these Toussaintois.