“... I suggested that he write for Oldham's Press, which I was advising, a biography of Mountjoy: Elizabethan General. This was a congenial subject, which {{w|Cyril Falls|Cyril}} made the most of. ...... {{w|Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy|Mountjoy}}'s long liaison with {{w|Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire|Essex's beautiful sister}}, the wife of {{w|Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick|Lord Rich}}, was recognised by society, until Mountjoy married the lady, when social humbug made a scandal of it. All this appealed to Cyril, who had a soldierly gallantry for the fair sex.”