They did but differ in their conception of the way in which that peace might best be preserved and maintained.
"I must take her cross of office, my Lord Bishop," said the Knight, with decision.
The Bishop went to a chest, standing in one corner of the room, opened it, and bent over it, his back to Hugh d'Argent; then, slipping his hand into his bosom drew therefrom a cross of gold gleaming with emeralds.

Shutting down the massive lid of the chest, he returned, and placed the cross in the outstretched hand of the Knight.
"I entrust it to you, my dear Hugh, only on one condition: that it shall without fail return to me in two weeks' time.

Should you decide to tell your wife the true history of the vision, I must see this cross of office upon her breast when I meet her riding back to Worcester, once more Prioress of the White Ladies.

If, on the other hand, wiser counsel prevails, and you decide not to tell her, you must, by swift messenger, at once return it to me in a sealed packet." "I shall tell her," said the Knight.

"If she elects to leave me, you will see the cross upon her breast, my lord.