"Thorold is thy name, is it not?"
"How didst thou know me?"
"Because my grandfather before he died revealed all to me."
"Then thou wilt cast in thy lot with us?"
"I think not. My father yet lives; you are mistaken in thinking him dead. He is a monk in Dorchester Abbey."
"He is dead at least to the world; Brian's lance and spear slew him, so far as that is concerned."
"But I go to ask his advice. I would fain leave this unhappy land and join the Crusaders."
"And renounce the hope of vengeance upon the slayer of thy kindred?"
"I have eaten of his bread and salt."
"And thou knowest all the secrets of his prison-house. Tell us, hast thou heard of one Herwald, a follower of thy father?"