"Ye have saved me considerable time, Herdsman Odo, fer I have left the repose of my burgh to find ye. Come, let us ride back together and ye can tell me why it is ye seek Taunton's bailiff?"

The two men accompanying the bailiff moved behind Sally to bring up the rear while Bailiff Ernoul rode alongside them.

They rode past the ditch and over an old bridge, through the town's gates and headed towards a market up ahead. The town wasn't as large as ...