Father, art thou going to aid Brother Emmanuel to fly?
Is there peril for him abroad ?" The knight bent a quick, keen glance upon his son.
"I fear so, my boy; and Brother Emmanuel himself thinks that ill is meant him.

And it is better to seek safety in flight at the first hint of danger than to dally and delay, and perhaps find at last that it is too late to fly.

Thou, my son, wilt for this one day and night be left in charge of thy mother and thy home and all within it; for I must needs take with me Warbel and a score of our stoutest fellows, for the lonely road to the coast is none too safe for travellers of the better sort.

Be thou watchful and vigilant, and keep thine eyes and thine ears alike open.

Heed well that the gates be closed early, and that all be made safe, and let not Brother Emmanuel adventure himself without the walls.