[Folwren]

Now that was injustice! Thornden positively smarted under Falco’s scornful rebuke. Leaving Garmund alone? It wasn’t his idea, to be sure! He had only left to save Falco. Why try to argue the point? He turned and walked back the way he had come.

Coming round the old wall, he became aware of another voice. He stopped as he came into view of Garmund. Trystan was there, too. He could hear Garmund telling Trystan about the man they had stumbled upon. Trystan’s face was sharp and his figure tense.

After pausing a moment, Thornden went forward. He drew near, just as Garmund said in a rather bitter tone, “I wish I knew what they were doing out there.”

“Nothing happened,” Thornden said. Garmund turned to look at him and Falco. “I didn’t see him again and Falco’s in one piece. Hello, Trystan. When did you get here?”