Some recognized me, and doffed their caps; but it was plain that they had no thought that I had been so nearly concerned in the matter, and I was the easier, therefore.

And while we watched them Selred came to us.
"Now I am going to try to see our poor ladies," he said.

"We must learn what they will do, for if they will go homeward, we are the only men who can ride with them.

I know that you would fain go home, but I will ask you to help me in this.

Indeed, it is a work of charity." "Of course I will, father," I answered; "I am at your service and theirs, till you need me no longer.