“There is no need for a doctor,” Lord Lynke said slowly and suavely. His eyes were watching her. “Euan, I am thankful to say, is unscathed. He escaped from your dwarf by the hazardous method of jumping from the balcony of his bedroom on to the balcony of mine.”
“But it’s impossible! No one would dare to attempt such a feat.”
“Nevertheless Euan attempted it and succeeded. And so, for the moment, there is no need to bury him!”
“I cannot credit such a story,” Doña Alcira asserted.
“And I cannot credit why your dwarf, your personal attendant, should attack my page without a very good reason. What was that reason?”
Doña Alcira spread wide her hands.
“How should I know?”
“Well, suppose we have the dwarf here and ask him?” Lord Lynke suggested.
“No! No! We cannot do that!” Doña Alcira exc
