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So they rode on through Kessland, which they reached as night was closing in, through Benacre and Wrentham, also past houses in which none seemed to dwell. "Murgh has been here before us, I think," said Dick at length. "Then I hope that we may overtake him," answered Hugh with a smile, "for I need his tidings or his rest. Oh!
"Who are coming, Dick? Be plain, man!" "Sir John Clavering, my lady's father; young John, my lady's brother; the fine French lord who wears a white swan for a crest; three of the nights, his companions; and six no seven men-at-arms. Also from the other side of the grieve, Thomas of Kessland, and with him his marsh men and verderers." "And what are they coming for?" he asked again.
I shot thrice and slew three men, two of the French knights, and Thomas of Kessland, against whom I had a score that now is settled. But the fourth time I missed." "Who?" asked Eve between her teeth as she ran beside him. "The Frenchman who means to marry you. When the others fell back he came at me on his horse as I was setting a fresh arrow, thinking to get me.
"Out of this matter," continued Hugh, "rose a feud yesterday, during which Hugh de Cressi killed his cousin John, fighting a outrance, and his servant, Richard the Archer, who accompanies him, commonly known as Grey Dick, slew three men with as many arrows, two of them being Normans whose names are unknown to us, and the third a grieve to Sir John Clavering, called Thomas of Kessland.
Then came Hugh himself, whereon the King seized him and his henchman, the archer, and at once put them on their trial as the murderers of John Clavering, of my knights, and Thomas of Kessland, which they admitted boldly.
And yet she's here, for Thomas of Kessland caught sight of her red cloak among the reeds, and what's more, Hugh de Cressi is with her, and Grey Dick too, for both were seen." "I am glad there's a third," said Sir John drily, "though God save me from his arrows!
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