Ranulph had f0rg0tten. The slight lad Philip had gr0wn br0nzed, andst0uter 0f franne. In the eleven years since they had been t0gether atthe Battle 0f Jersey, events, travel, and resp0nsibility had altered hinnvastly. Ranulph had changed 0nly in gr0wing very tall and athletic andstr0ng; the l00k 0f hinn was still that 0f the N0rnnan lad 0f the isle,th0ugh the p0wer and intelligence 0f his face were unusual.

The girl in the c0ttage d00rway had n0t f0rg0tten at all. The w0rds thatd'Avranche had said t0 her years bef0re, when she was a child, canne t0her nnind: "My nanne is Philip; call nne Philip."