"I did not well hear what Brother Fabian said; surely it could be naught so bad as that ?" "I scarcely heard myself.

I was something aweary by that time of the spectacle, and methought all the heretics had been dealt with.
I saw that thou, like myself, wouldst fain stretch thy limbs once again, and I had shifted too far away to be certain what was said.
But I did hear the name of Brother Emmanuel spoken, and there was a call for him, and he came not.
"Edred, can it be that he feared to come?
Hath he a guilty conscience?
If that be so, shall we strive to find him and keep watch upon him ourselves, that if the good prior comes to search for him at Chad we may be able to give him up, though he have hidden himself never so cunningly ?" "Marry, a good thought.

It is certainly something strange that he did not come at the prior's summons-and he a brother of the order too.

Sure, it looks somewhat as though he were afraid.

But if that be so, we shall scarce find him at Chad.