human
Then I fled from the country, and assumed a name to which I have no right, resumed Redward.
gpt
In this I did thee a great injustice, for the ban falls on the outlaw's children equally with himself; and on this account I ought never to have taken a wife or to have had a son.
human
I care not for myself, father. But what if, even now, thou art recognised?
gpt
It matters not, my son. A secret kept for over two score years may well remain a secret; but I have a misgiving that I shall never see the sun set to-morrow.
human
Father!
gpt
Nay, Raymond, 'tis but a small matter. I cannot live much longer, and to fall in battle is a worthy end. But the worst is to be told. Thou wouldst marry the Lady Audrey!
human
Alack a day!
gpt
Ay, Raymond. I fear thou wilt curse the day thou camest into the world, for to my sorrow I must tell thee--the brother of that lady's father was the man I slew!
human
Nay, father, I blame you not. It is rather the fate of circumstances and my own foolish pride that made me look so high. I cannot for one moment continue my suit for the hand of the Lady Audrey, neither can I ever hope to wear the spurs of knighthood; but I am still thy son.
gpt
And wouldst thou know thy true name?
human
Not unless it please thee, father; 'Raymond Buckland' hath served me well these four-and-twenty years; but, he added with pardonable curiosity,
gpt
Dost call to mind Sir Edmund Revyngton?
human
Indifferently so; I wot he is a knight of Devon.
gpt
He is also my brother, and, being without issue, his heir would be, but for the bar of outlawry, Redward Revyngton, now known to all men as Redward Buckland.