33
Hunt
After a futile search over the night-shrouded hills and a scanty sleep, Thomas was less than enthused over the prospect of the wolf hunt, especially since he was sure the Hound was gone. He and his father had found no trace of it. He was sure that this hunt would have the same result as the one at Wurthingas. Theobald’s men would find the “wolf” had disappeared just as mysteriously as it had come.
They slept later than they meant to and arrived at the hall in the midst of Theobald’s address to his men.
The ealdorman nodded at them in greeting as they slipped in and stood at the back and then continued his speech to the gathered men. “Now don’t worry; the scop told me before he left this morn that our hunt today will be recorded in a ballad so that your deeds today will be sung
