Chapter Fifteen
That night Marion tried to see Dionisia, but the Bailiff had ordered that Marion must not be admitted. His men’s fear of him overruled any interest in her, and they sent her away.
Next, she tried to visit the Earl himself, sure that she had made an impression on him. If she could get him alone, she might persuade him to void the wager of battle. He could then hold the prisoners until the trial, when any decent Judge would surely find Daniel innocent. But the Earl was being feasted by Hemlingford dignitaries, and the disciplined guards would not let her pass.
Last of all she went to see Daniel. The Earl was holding all prisoners in the Kingsbury Hall stables, apart from Laffite, who he probably considered dangerous enough to require a cell.
Here she had more success with
