suddenly from the eastern pass appeared a tall man of noras , clad in brown and green clothes with a shirt of chain armor sparkling beneath his cloak . i cant change that now , said elaine . i 'd be glad to give him one . '' but it must have been pure torture for the poor man , once having been a sailing master , to feel the wind on his face and to hear the rustling of the slack sails and not to be able to issue orders for the setting of those sails . 