Why Sir Max went out unarmed that night I do not know.

Had he been armed he might have killed Calli; that would have prevented this trouble." "I, too, wonder that Sir Max went out unarmed," said Castleman musingly.
"Why do you suppose he was so incautious ?" "Perhaps that is the custom in Styria.

There may be less danger, less treachery, there than in Burgundy," suggested Yolanda.
"In Styria!" exclaimed Castleman.

"Sir Karl said that he was from Italy.
He did not tell me of Sir Max's home, but I supposed he also was from Italy, or perhaps from Wuertemberg--there are many Guelphs in that country." "Yes, I will tell you of that later, uncle," said Yolanda.

"When Calli left us, Sir Max returned safely to the inn, having promised me not to leave Peronne within a month.