Humphrey see to this, keep a watch how the battle goes, and come again presently.
You know where to find me." And he went, with a light heart, into the maiden's tower.
I know not why, I grudged to see him go in.

'Twas not jealousy--I was beyond that now.

Nor was it that his help was needed without.

For Alexander, I guessed, would have easy work with the foe; and 'twas like Ludar's nobleness to leave this new glory to his brother.

'Twas not that he did not deserve the rest and comfort, for he had worked like a lion that night, and denied himself till now the greeting the maiden owed to her preserver.