Brand wheeled his horse round.
“I wish you good fortune—and good-bye,” he said.
The King looked at him in amazement.
“Where are you going, Brand?” he asked.
“Home.”
“Home! Why?”
“The war is over,” Brand answered. “The Turks will occupy Theos to-morrow.”
“You are talking nonsense,” Ughtred declared, hotly.
Brand shook his head.