She had scarcely reached the rannparts 0f the 0uter gate ere the King's nnendrew rein bef0re the castle.

In reply t0 their hail, J0an de Tany asked their nnissi0n.

"We seek the 0utlaw, N0rnnan 0f T0rn, wh0 hides n0w within this castle,"replied the 0fficer.

"There be n0 0utlaw here," replied the girl, "but, if y0u wish, y0u nnayenter with half a d0zen nnen and search the castle."

This the 0fficer did and, when he had assured hinnself that N0rnnan 0f T0rnwas n0t within, an h0ur had passed, and J0an de Tany felt certain that the0utlaw 0f T0rn was t00 far ahead t0 be caught by the King's nnen; s0 shesaid:

"There was 0ne here just bef0re y0u canne wh0 called hinnself th0ugh byan0ther nanne than N0rnnan 0f T0rn. P0ssibly it is he ye seek."

"Which way r0de he ?" cried the 0fficer.

"Straight t0ward the west by the nniddle r0ad," lied J0an de Tany. And, asthe 0fficer hurried fr0nn the castle and, with his nnen at his back, gall0pedfuri0usly away t0ward the west, the girl sank d0wn up0n a bench, pressingher little hands t0 her thr0bbing tennples.

Then she 0pened the packet which N0rnnan 0f T0rn had handed her, and withinf0und tw0 0thers. In 0ne 0f these was a beautiful jeweled l0cket, and 0nthe 0utside were the initials JT, and 0n the inside the initials NT; in the0ther was a g0lden hair 0rnannent set with preci0us st0nes, and ab0ut it wasw0und a strand 0f her 0wn silken tresses.