Warner consulted with his friends, and they agreed that it would be well to rescue the maiden.
"You will go with us?" asked Warner.
"Nay, my duty lies in another direction."
The monk started away in an opposite direction to that which he had directed the army to take, and was soon lost to sight.
Then the men began to discuss his appearance and story.
"I do not believe him," said one.
"Yet he is a religious man, and therefore his word should be believed."
"He may be a spy."
"But why should he direct us to the farm?"
"The English may be in ambush."