He listened to them patiently, knowing that what they said was true, and then consulted for a while with Cicely and Emlyn.
"Our case is desperate, dear wife.

Now what shall we do, who have no chance of succour, since none know of our plight?
Yield, or strive to escape through the darkness ?" "Not yield, I think," answered Cicely, choking back a sob.

"If we yield certainly they will separate us, and that merciless Abbot will bring you to your death and me to a nunnery." "That may happen in any case," muttered Christopher, turning his head aside.

"But what say you, Nurse ?" "I say fight for it," answered Emlyn boldly.

"It is certain that we cannot stay here, for, to be plain, Sir Christopher, there are some among us whom I do not trust.