“Sufficiently to speak it, lord,” answered Godwin, “who have learned it since childhood, yet ill enough.”
“Good. Then tell me, as soldiers to a soldier, what do you seek from Salah-ed-din?”
“Our cousin, the lady Rosamund, who, by your command, lord, was stolen from our home in England.”
“Knights, she is your cousin, that I know, as surely as I know that she is my niece. Tell me now, is she aught more to you?” and he searched them with those piercing eyes.
Godwin looked at Wulf, who said in English:
“Speak the whole truth, brother. From that man nothing can be hid.”
Then Godwin answered:
“Sire, we love her, and are affianced to her.”
The Sultan stared at them in surprise.
“What! Both of you?” he asked.