King Richard determined to make his way across the Tyrol to this place; but he thought that it would attract attention to him were he accompanied by so large a party.

Therefore he, with Sir Baldwin of Bethune, and a few followers, started north, while I with my men kept west through the north of Italy, and then crossed by the pass over Trent." "How long is it since you left my brother ?" the duchess asked anxiously.
"It is now over a month since I bade him adieu," Cuthbert answered.
"Then he should have been heard of long since," the duchess said.

"What fate can have befallen him ?" "Judging from my own experience," Cuthbert said, "I fear that he may have come to harm at the hands of the friends of Conrad of Montferat, who falsely allege that the death of their kinsman was caused by King Richard.

The Archduke John, too, owes him no good-will; and even the emperor is evilly disposed toward him.

The king traveled under an assumed name; but it might well be that he would be recognized upon the way.