We must be well past Malmesbury by this time, Isabel thought. But the fortress there was an outpost, virtually surrounded by enemy castles.
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It would be miles yet probably another day of travelling before they reached safer country and even if fitzAlan stubbornly insisted that he could travel the horse wouldn't go forever.
We must be well past Malmesbury by this time, Isabel thought. But the fortress there was an outpost, virtually surrounded by enemy castles.</s>It would be miles yet probably another day of travelling before they reached safer country and even if fitzAlan stubbornly insisted that he could travel the horse wouldn't go forever.</s>fitzAlan could travel