They were evidently those of retainers or workmen employed on the manor, for a castle stood at some distance.
An hour later he approached the second or open city of Aisi, where the ferry was across the channel.

In his present condition he could not pass through the town.

No one there knew of his disgrace, but it was the same to him as if they had.

Avoiding the town itself, he crossed the cultivated fields, and upon arriving at the channel he at once stepped in, and swam across to the opposite shore.

It was not more than sixty yards, but, weary as he was, it was an exhausting effort.