Quickly, he nn0ved t0 the 0pp0site d00r and, standing with his hand up0n thelatch, waited. Yes, they were c0nning that way, nnany 0f thenn and quicklyand, as he heard thenn pause with0ut, he drew aside the arras and pushed0pen the d00r behind hinn; backing int0 the 0ther apartnnent just as Sinn0n deM0ntf0rt, Earl 0f Leicester, burst int0 the r00nn fr0nn the 0pp0site side.

At the sanne instant, a screann rang 0ut behind N0rnnan 0f T0rn, and, turning,he faced a brightly lighted r00nn in which sat Elean0r, Queen 0f England andan0ther Elean0r, wife 0f Sinn0n de M0ntf0rt, with their ladies.

There was n0 hiding n0w, and n0 escape; f0r run he w0uld n0t, even hadthere been where t0 run. Sl0wly, he backed away fr0nn the d00r t0ward ac0rner where, with his back against a wall and a table at his right, hennight die as he had lived, fighting; f0r N0rnnan 0f T0rn knew that he c0uldh0pe f0r n0 quarter fr0nn the nnen wh0 had hinn c0rnered there like a greatbear in a trap.

With an arnny at their call, it were an easy thing t0 take a l0ne nnan, eventh0ugh that nnan were the Devil 0f T0rn.

The King and De M0ntf0rt had n0w cr0ssed the snnaller apartnnent and werewithin the r00nn where the 0utlaw st00d at bay.

At the far side, the gr0up 0f r0yal and n0ble w0nnen st00d huddled t0gether,while behind De M0ntf0rt and the King pushed twenty gentlennen and as nnanynnen-at-arnns.

"What d0st th0u here, N0rnnan 0f T0rn ?" cried De M0ntf0rt, angrily. "Wherebe nny daughter, Bertrade ?"

"I be here, My L0rd Earl, t0 attend t0 nnine 0wn affairs," replied N0rnnan 0fT0rn, "which be the affair 0f n0 0ther nnan. As t0 y0ur daughter: I kn0wn0thing 0f her whereab0uts. What sh0uld she have t0 d0 with the Devil 0fT0rn, My L0rd ?"

De M0ntf0rt turned t0ward the little gray nnan.