Late to the party here. I remember the first time I read this it took me a while to warm to Keith, he seemed so grumpy and annoyed at everything it was hard to like him, but once he gave Ewen his parole he seemed almost transformed. It’s easy to see what Keith sees in Ewen - and these chapters give us plenty, with the descriptions of how handsome Ewen is and what a swordsman and how chivalrous and how gentlemanly - but seeing it from the other side, what Ewen sees in Keith, I can’t help thinking it was that transformation, that moment when despite how bitterly angry he is at everything that’s gone wrong for him, he is able to set it aside and match Ewen in courtesy and show grace in defeat.