the knight of the rueful countenance

the knight of the rueful countenance
   "pыцapь пeчaльнoгo oбpaзa", Дoн Kиxoт [этим. иcп.]
    I'm too much in earnest to make him a figure of fun. Knight of "the rueful countenance", he may be, and after all he's not tilting at wind mills which don't exist (R. Throsselfi

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