'he was in the scrap we had against pseudopolis and my great-gran gave him this book of prayers for soldiers , , cos you need all the prayers you can get , believe you me , and he stuck it in the top pocket of his jerkin , 'cos he could n't afford armour , and next day in battle whoosh , this arrow came out of nowhere , wham , straight into this book and it went all the way through to the last page before stopping , look .