"Ay, do so," agreed Sir Godwin. "Whatever they require they shall have. My household are at your disposal, Sir Ambassador."
CHAPTER III
THE KNIFE IN THE TWILIGHT
Hugh paused at the foot of the stairs that led through the thickness of the wall to the upper stories of the Keep.
"We have ridden farther than to Crowden Wood this day," he said sombrely.
Edith's fingers picked at the lacings of her jerkin.
"Yes, Hugh, and we are at the parting of the ways."
"You seem not over-burdened with grief at the thought," he exclaimed bitterly.
She raised her eyes to his with new-found shyness.
"I do not grieve, because it is my thought that your path will follow mine," she answered. "If you went adventuring to Outremer, and I stayed home in England, our parting would be longer than 'tis like to be as things have fallen out."