“Strange robbers who stole nothing but were prepared to take the sort of punishment they got. Lest you think me immodest, let me explain that Martin and one of the others followed me, having heard that Osbern’s men left the castle early too.”
“They were Osbern’s? I should never have given him that ribbon...”
“Well, he does seem to take his duties very seriously. There were men positioned all over the city, covering any route I could possibly take.”
“You mean you were attacked again?”
“We rounded them all up in the end,” he said casually. “And sent those that were left back to their master. Torfrida...?”
I frowned, trying not to think of the implications of those that were left.
“Yes?”
He had halted, standing before the light that hung by the hall door, so that our faces were still i
