"I—I——"
He rose stiffly.
"Let us seek a fire," he said, mastering himself by a supreme effort. "I am cold."
She walked beside him without a word.
Later that night, whilst Hugh vainly longed for sleep, Matteo came to him.
"Hugh," began the jongleur, "are we comrades?"
"Yes," said Hugh, surprised.
"And betwixt us there are no secrets?"
"I know of none."
"That is well, comrade. Now, prithee, bear with what I say. I speak as becomes a friend. Hugh, I have watched the Lady Helena's interest in you, and it hath seemed to me that she worked with some end in view. I know not what it may be, any more, perchance, than yourself. But we have a quest, you and I; and I feel that she is concerned in it. So my counsel is to discover to her naught of our plans and to remember always that she is a suspected foe."