human
Pansy, she said, as they were covering the short journey to the Castle,
gpt
I have met a man to-day.
human
Snares o’ Belial, most of them,
gpt
He was tied by ropes, and I think he was in pain, his face was so grey and drawn. It did not seem to matter. He had all his folk at call, and would not summon them, except for Lady Ingilby’s needs. He forgot his own.
human
Knighthood, said Pansy, in her practical, quiet voice.
gpt
He always had the way of it.
human
Small use in that, girl, if he dies in the middle of the business.
gpt
Ben, do you know the High Cross on the moor?
human
I should do, Miss Joan, seeing I was reared i’ this country before I went to Nappa.
gpt
Then ride for it. You’ll find Squire Metcalf and his men there. Tell him that his son is sitting on a bench at Ripley, tied hand and foot.