Odo again found himself in the great hall of Mellester Manor. His past visits here had been less than enjoyable and he was understandably nervous, as he was anytime he stood before the lord. This time the Lord of Mellester Manor, Sir Gweir, was not seated on the large chair normally favoured by lords; he sat on a bench at a roughly-hewn wood table in the great hall. Beside the lord sat Oswald, and opposite him sat Mellester's reeve, Petrus Bodkin. Odo sat next to the reeve. A ...