abstract:Sir Dagonet was King Arthur's well-beloved jester, and a Knight of the Round Table of Arthurian legend. He saw himself as a courageous warrior and would present himself as such.
Thehouse had beenbuilt by Mr. van der Luyden in his youth, on hisreturn from the "grandtour, " and in anticipationof his approachingmarriagewithMiss Louisa Dagonet.