We might, on that opening day of the season, have reached for an easy conclusion on Burnley, one that declared this team, that was so gallant, so true to itself in winning promotion to the Premier League last season, to be out of its depth.
But a few steps up the dreamy social ladder there's the more subtle fantasy of worldly grace — of being so gallant and gentlemanly and charming that every woman longs to be your date.
"I never knew Brett was so gallant — and so sexy!" said Ms. Joost, who accepted both offers.
She was a warm and witty woman who was so gallant in death.
She was "carried away," the Prologue explains, because someone "so gallant and handsome, so deep in the busy world" actually needed her help.
She was even, to borrow Barack Obama's ever so gallant phrase, "likable enough".
But the tall, fair and handsome Kippenberger was also known as a dancer so inspired and gallant that women sometimes lined up to twirl around the floor with him.
Unfortunately, it seems that people are more likely to respond to a controversial blog post that challenges rather than buttresses their own views, so bloggers' gallant defenders are typically few and readily overwhelmed by the marauding onslaught of Visigoths.
So be gallant, be great, be gracious and be grateful for the opportunities you have".
Gallant does that pretty well.
