Page 34 (1/1)

He tapped Robin's shoulder where the dirk was hidden

'Remain alert Don't draw your weapon unless you have to If you doonly use it in defence'

They reached the barn and secured their horses to the rail Roger Knoas inside, sitting at a makeshift table He had six retainers Two looked like clerks and the others were inbellies and flabby jowls Roger looked up inhere?'

The er Knowles I a on al asse's Peace I have with er raised his head disdainfully

'Master Baret is known to ht make their acquaintance'

'Henry Winchcombe is chaplain to John Fauntleroy' The Mole indicated one of the men 'Sir John d'Alton is reeve to Sir Humphrey Stafford, Lord of Hooke'

At the er's face changed to alarm Robin forht look ith his stooped shoulders and screwed up eyes but he kne to take on people like the Knowles

Robin surveyed the gathering Apart fronised thenes to the Knowles The lasses

'I 's Peace and liable to prosecution and confiscation of property'

One man left but the others remained The mole called out their names and Henry Winchco et the court started and the mole tried to drown him out The clerk at the table reached for his pen ready to record the proceedings That was the signal for Robin to get started He sauntered across to the clerk and played the village idiot

'Those are words those are'

He leant over and sone'

The clerk tried again and his inkpot was overturned Roger Knowles june Order yourno offence'

'He is behaving in a violent manner'

'I saw no violence'