CHAPTER 31When Lucy came, Easter had already passed.
By then, of course, Hereward was back from his trip to Flanders in search of men and money — although he had been gone six months rather than the one we had hoped for. That was the fault of Count Baldwin who had immediately clapped Hereward in prison for the theft of the Zealand tribute, until a combination of flattery, bribery and the threats of our friends had procured his release.
He returned with the first ship of the year, bringing the proceeds from the sale of some land, and more than thirty of his veteran soldiers, as well as the Siwards. I still like to think that we impressed them all by the scale and efficiency of our organization — myself, the twins, Leofric, and Wynter who, his stolen patrimony restored by Hereward, turned
