He had torn off his red cross, but he had not left Domme, nor, indeed, the castle. He would no longer share in an expedition against Ste. Soure, but he was not unwilling to do any other service for the Captain.
He could now exult over his comrades who had returned from such an expedition with diminished numbers, defeated.
He approached the girl and accosted her.
Noémi answered curtly that she did not desire to speak to him. She disliked the forwardness of the man.
"But," said he, "I would save his life—he saved mine."
"Save whom?"
"The Seigneur del' Peyra."
"He was taken yesterday."
"The Seigneur—taken!"