"And did you not avenge them?"
"I was striving to do so, when the hand of God was laid upon me, and I woke from a burning fever to learn that He has said, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.'"
"And then?"
"I came here."
"Poor Father Ambrose," said Richard.
"If I could get out I would try to avenge him," said Evroult.
"The murderer has gone before his Judge; leave it," said the priest; "there the hidden things shall be made clear, my boys, noblesse oblige, the sons of a baron should keep their word."
"Have we ever broken it?"
"Not so far as I am aware, and I am sure you will not now."
"What are we to promise?"