By morning they had reached the convent, and here the two girls were left, and Cuthbert continued his journey.

He left his charge at a convent a day's ride distant from the castle of Sir Baldwin, as he wished to consult the knight first as to the best way of her entering the castle without exciting talk or suspicion.
Sir Baldwin received him with joy.

He had heard something of his doings, and the news of the siege of Evesham had been noised abroad.

He told him that he was in communication with many other barons, and that ere long they hoped to rise against the tyranny of Prince John, but that at present they were powerless, as many, hoping that King Richard would return ere long, shrank from involving the country in a civil war.

When Cuthbert told him that the daughter of his old friend was at a convent but a day's ride distant, and that he sought protection for her, Sir Baldwin instantly offered her hospitality.
"I will," he said, "send my good wife to fetch her.