I will, myself, take you in to the king." Oswald took off his jerkin.
"I am but in poor plight to show myself before his majesty," he said, as he handed it to Roger.
"Ah! I remember this good fellow," the earl said.

"He is not one easily forgotten, for 'tis seldom one sees so stout a man-at-arms.
"As to your dress, 'tis nought; and indeed, it is in better order than most in camp, for the soldiers have no tents, and have, for the last forty-eight hours, been over their ankles in mud and water.
"Have you been with Mortimer ever since we harried Glendower's valley ?" "No, my lord.

I returned after that to the north, and was at Alnwick for nine months.

Then Sir Henry sent me back again to Ludlow, in order that I might keep him well informed of the extent of this rebellion, concerning which but few tidings came to him." They had, by this time, arrived at the entrance of the king's tent.

The two sentries on duty there stood back and saluted, as the earl entered, followed by Oswald.
"This, sire, is a messenger, one Master Oswald Forster, an esquire of Sir Henry Percy's.