XIIIThe death of Ambrosius was greeted without overmuch concern. Since he was found grasping the hilt of the knife that killed him, many men assumed that he had driven it into his own side, after the custom of the old Roman officers after a defeat. Medrodus testified that Ambrosius had sworn to commit suicide should the choice of a new Count go against his own wishes. Uther Pendragon looked at him hard when he said this, but Medrodus returned the look with a confident smile.
The body of Ambrosius was placed in a hollow on the hillside and a cairn of stones put over it. The wolves scratched at the stones for a night or two and then everyone forgot about the old man.
At first Medrodus had ideas of leaving Uther’s Dun and of making his way southeast, to offer his services to the Jutes of Ke
