As it was, we struggled and swayed together till my greater weight caused him to fall over backwards against one of the tables, and I verily believe his back is broken.

I know not whether he is living yet.
But as he is not only a great favourite with the Lord of Mortimer, but a distant kinsman to boot, no sooner was the deed done than all in the hall called to me to save myself by flight, for that the master would revenge such a death upon the perpetrator of it without mercy, and that if I wished to spare my neck I must fly without an instant's delay.
"I knew this but too well myself.

The baron was a fearful man to meet in his rage.

Where to fly I knew not, but stay I could not.

I had bare time to rush to my room, don a dress that would not excite inquiry if I had to lie hid in the forest a few days.