Outlaw (Aelfraed)
“Aethelward kept giving me strange looks but he said nothing. How I would explain myself to him I did not know. We had put the bodies in the stables; Both Morcar and Edwin were keen to know who the men were as no-one had recognised them. A guard approached Morcar, “My lord, Lord Aelfraed’s sergeant requests entry.”
They looked at me and I nodded. “Send him in.”
Osbert came in bowing, along with the landlord of The Saddle. I had sent Osbert on the errand for I had an idea who they were.... “Come with me.”
I led them and the Earls downtothe stables. “Landlord, look at these bodies. Have you ever seen them before?”
He had been a warrior himself and did not blanch at the sight of the whitened bodies with the torn throats. “Aye, my lord. These are two of the Normans who caused trouble last year; the ones who killed your lad, the young archer. I saw them yesterday with some others.”MoreLess
They looked at me and I nodded. “Send him in.”
Osbert came in bowing, along with the landlord of The Saddle. I had sent Osbert on the errand for I had an idea who they were.... “Come with me.”
I led them and the Earls downtothe stables. “Landlord, look at these bodies. Have you ever seen them before?”
He had been a warrior himself and did not blanch at the sight of the whitened bodies with the torn throats. “Aye, my lord. These are two of the Normans who caused trouble last year; the ones who killed your lad, the young archer. I saw them yesterday with some others.”MoreLess
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