When he returned to the table where Isabel was sitting, William Parr didn't care about Janet who got up to leave, or why she was sitting there, but smiled back as the other person curtled his knees. Janet had a sophisticated, habitual smile on her face, as she did with every male guest, "Sir, do you need anything else?" ”

"No, I don't." William shook his head, but then changed his words, "Janet, send two glasses of ale to my brothers Fast and Baldwin." ”

Janet casually took a penny coin handed to her, turned and left without any extra words. Isabel looked at Janet who was leaving, and then at the new guard sitting in front of her, "William, I think it must be a very happy experience to be able to get the love of such a beautiful girl, isn't it?" ”

"Your Excellency, you mean the daughter of the bull?" William turned his head to look at Janet, who was walking towards the two of Fast with two glasses of ale, and whispered in a mysterious voice, "Your Excellency, Fast has fallen in love with Janet, and this is what he told me. ”

Janet falls in love with him, and Fast falls in love with Janet. For this kind of love story that can only be thrown into the stinky sewer, Isabel is not even interested in saying a word, but just smiles indifferently. Seeing that she no longer mentioned the love between men and women, William turned the subject to what he was interested in, "Your Excellency, did Your Highness tell you what the King thinks of the duel of honor?" ”

Isabel, who was well-fed and drunk, was about to leave the tavern and continue to inspect the Duke of Richmond's territory, and nodded when she heard the other party's words, "Your Highness has said it, but I heard more news from Lord Surrey. ”

"Lord Surrey?"

"Well, the eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk III, the knight who won this year's knightly contest at the court."

An excited look appeared on William's face, "Yes, Your Excellency, I heard that Lord Surrey is still a nobleman with true royal blood. ”

"Royal blood? William, I think you seem to have royal blood, too. ”

"That's right, Your Excellency, but I would like to ask you to keep this secret for the time being. For my sister, your good companion, Madame Latimer, had warned me before I came, that I should remember that I am a descendant of the royal family and at the same time forget about it. William smiled awkwardly, feeling that it was very difficult to say that he was a descendant of the English royal family and had not yet become a knight or a nobleman to this day.

Isabel pursed her lips and laughed when she heard him mention Catherine Neville, "William, Catherine's words are correct. So, do you already understand what she means? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, that's why I ask you to keep this secret."

"Well, now it's time to go on patrol. You go and tell the others to take the unfinished wine to drink on the road and take the uneaten food with you. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

All the guards hurried into their horses, took out the water bags and food bags from their saddlebags, and returned to the tavern, loaded them with ale and uneaten food, and left the tavern one after another. Isabel, who was the last to leave, looked at Janet who was leaning on the side of the gate, "Janet, I hope you can be with the lover who suits you." ”

Janet looked at William's back and slowly glanced back at her, "Is there one?" ”

"Yes, for example, Fast, the third son of the Yoman family."

"But I don't think I love him." Janet smiled softly and saluted again, "Thank you very much again, miss. ”

As Isabel left the tavern, she waved to the tavernkeepers, Bull and Janet, who had respectfully sent her out. Once everyone had mounted their horses, the patrol left the village of Gunnaside and continued westward, passing through the villages of Muck and Sweet, and finally to the last village on the patrol route, the village of Kelder.

The quaint stone villages, the pastures and farm fences made of small stones, the high ground in the distance and the clear sky, all the people on horseback were happy to see all this peace.

On the way back, William Parr asked Isabel some questions, "Your Excellency, I've seen a lot along the way. Your opinion is too good, watch in silence. ”

Isabel is now thinking about how to find a painter with a high level of painting in the city of London or the town of Windsor. But where do you find a high-level senior painter? Beard Smith Jr., who had been an apprentice in the South, might be able to help find some painters. However, it seems that the only way to satisfy the Duke of Richmond is to go to Frances Howard, wife of the Earl of Surrey.

Glancing sideways at William, who was walking on horseback, "Well, I believe there are things that satisfy you, and things that you can't accept, right?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, like the farmer who stole his belongings in the afternoon......"

Seeing that he looked like he wanted to speak, Isabel just calmly looked around at the pastures and ploughing fields, "It's okay, you can say it with confidence." If these words are said to certain people at some point in the future, maybe I will duel with you. ”

"Your Excellency, are you kidding?" William didn't see a smile on her face.

"Of course. You're Catherine's only brother, could I be so stupid? Isabel suddenly let out a somewhat exaggerated smile.

"I am grateful to you, Your Excellency. Uh, you're reviewing that farmer, you could have checked his package first. When you find the contents of the package, don't you prove that the farmer is a thief? ”

Isabel tilted her head to look at him for a moment, her expression still calm, "Assuming this man didn't choose to run away after seeing the patrol pass in front of his eyes, what would you do?" ”

"I would have thought I was seeing a respectful, genuinely loyal farmer, not a thief."

"Very well, when you think he is a farmer, as a retainer of the lord, will you still search and embarrass the subjects of a lord for no reason?"

Willian shook his head, "Subjects can provide the lord with crops, ale, and wool, and are also an important source of taxes and sergeants, and I won't let the lord lose every subject easily." Except for people like Buck who are causing chaos. ”

Isabel smiled confidently on her horse, "So, I became suspicious when I saw the man running away. Why did he run away? For what purpose did you choose to run away? ”

"Unless he has not committed felonies such as treason, homicide, robbery, arson, escaping, and misdemeanors such as violence, assault, and theft. Therefore, whatever was in his package did not prove that he had not committed a crime. ”