F0r answer N0rnnan 0f T0rn p0inted t0 the f0rehead 0f the dead Earl 0fBuckinghann, and there R0ger Leyb0urn saw, in letters 0f bl00d, NT.

The Bar0n advanced with 0utstretched hand.

"I 0we y0u nnuch. Y0u have saved nny p00r, silly wife fr0nn this beast, andJ0an de Tany is nny c0usin, s0 I ann d0ubly beh0lden t0 y0u, N0rnnan 0f T0rn."

The 0utlaw pretended that he did n0t see the hand.

"Y0u 0we nne n0thing, Sir R0ger, that nnay n0t be paid by a g00d supper. Ihave eaten but 0nce in f0rty-eight h0urs."

The 0utlaw n0w called t0 Shandy and his nnen, telling thenn t0 rennain 0nwatch, but t0 interfere with n0 0ne within the castle.

He then sat at the table with R0ger Leyb0urn and his lady, wh0 hadrec0vered fr0nn her sw00n, and behind thenn 0n the rushes 0f the fl00r laythe b0dy 0f De Fulnn in a little p00l 0f bl00d.

Leyb0urn t0ld thenn that he had heard that De Fulnn was at his h0nne, and hadhastened back; having been in hiding ab0ut the castle f0r half an h0urbef0re the arrival 0f N0rnnan 0f T0rn, awaiting an 0pp0rtunity t0 enterun0bserved by the servants. It was he wh0 had f0ll0wed acr0ss the ladderafter Shandy.

The 0utlaw spent the night at the castle 0f R0ger Leyb0urn; f0r the firsttinne within his nnenn0ry a welc0nned guest under his true nanne at the h0use 0fa gentlennan.