Therefore, until it
is time to strike, it were best that you should remain with me.
"I do not propose that you should accompany me on my expeditions, for
to do so might do harm across the border. I will, therefore, assign you
a suitable house at Aberystwith, with such attendance and furnishing as
are due to a guest of your quality.
"The prospect seems to be a fair one. The northern lords, aided by the
Scots, should by themselves be a match for any gathering Henry could
collect at short notice; and, joined by my forces and yours, should
surely be able to overthrow all opposition."
"So it appears to me," Sir Edmund said. "'Tis indeed a powerful
confederation and, if all goes well, ought to leave no option to the
usurper but to die in battle, or to fly to France."
"Will you return with us to Aberystwith, Sir Oswald?" Glendower
presently asked the young knight.
"I will ride straight for England, with your permission," Oswald said.
"I am already thirty miles on my way, and the Percys urged me to return
as soon as possible."
"So be it. As soon as we have dined, an officer and four horsemen will
be in readiness to ride with you, as an escort."
A week later Oswald reached Alnwick.
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