I have locked the stable door, and a sainted palmer will scarcely leave us the present of such a mule." "Not he, if I know his tribe," answered Sir Andrew.

"Now let us sup and afterwards take counsel together, for we shall need it before all is done." An hour before the dawn next morning Godwin and Wulf were up, and with them certain trusted men who had been warned that their services would be needed.

Presently Wulf, bearing a lantern in his hand, came to where his brother stood by the fire in the hall.
"Where have you been ?" Godwin asked.

"To wake the palmer ?" "No.

To place a man to watch the road to Steeple Hill, and another at the Creek path; also to feed his mule, which is a very fine beast--too good for a palmer.