Then they went in again and waited for some sign or word of Rosamund, but in vain.

That night there was no feast, and their meal was brought to them in the guest-house.

While they sat at it Masouda appeared for a moment to tell them that they had leave to ride the bridge in the moonlight, and that their escort would await them at a certain hour.
The brethren asked if their sister Rosamund was not coming to dine with them.

Masouda answered that as the queen-elect of the Al-je-bal it was not lawful that she should eat with any other men, even her brothers.

Then as she passed out, stumbling as though by accident, she brushed against Godwin, and muttered: "Remember, to-night," and was gone.
When the moon had been up an hour the officer of their escort appeared, and led them to their horses, which were waiting, and they rode away to the castle bridge.