I dared not scatter my men in a village.

The next day we kept steadily on and crossed the frontier into Castile, pretty well worn out, just at nightfall.

I had to give my men two days' halt before we could go further, and we have since come by easy stages, which accounts for your being here so long before us.

And now, is there anything that I can do for you?
If there is, command my service to the utmost.

I shall see the duke this afternoon, and shall tell him that I and my party are indebted to you for our lives.