We will walk up and down here, for a bit, and do you wrap it round your legs, like a Highlander's petticoat.

When we have tired ourselves, we will lie down and try to get a sleep, for an hour or two." As they walked, they talked over their plans; and Oswald decided that, before daybreak, he would set out on the search for a place of concealment.
"I will leave my helmet and breast and back piece behind me," he said, "and will take your staff.

Then, if I am caught sight of by any party in the distance, I shall look like a shepherd; while, had I on my iron harness, they would at once suspect me of being of the party, even though I were alone.

As for you, your monk's robe would be detected, miles off." "I could leave it behind me," Roger said.
"You have not much on underneath, Roger; and your bareness, in such weather as this, would be as noticeable as your gown.

Mind, before it gets light, get the ladies up, and carry our bag of victuals and the water skin over the crest.