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Adalgisus was met by the Duke of Beneventum, not to assist him, as he had expected, but to oppose him, for the duke had in good time discovered that loyalty was more likely to prosper than treason. He therefore joined the army of France under Grimwold, and in the battle which succeeded the Greek forces were entirely routed, and Adalgisus disappears from the busy scene.
In a minute more he recognised the man for an acquaintance of his, a sergeant of the garrison, and by name Grimwold, and hailed him as he came close. "Hallo! Is that you?" says the sergeant, reining up. "And how long might you have been workin' there?" "Best part of an hour," says my grandfather. "What's up?" "There's a prisoner escaped, another o' those damned Yankees," says the sergeant.
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