Once Odo purchases the Bylgja and a Narwhal horn that Merewyn and family had brought with them, he gives them two horses to take on their journey. Odo doesn't know where the court is at present, but he wants Merewyn to have good things to say about him when she finally catches up with King Ethelred. They walk over the Mendips, and Orm asks about the Tor and St. Michael's tower. She is excited that they've reached Glastonbury, and can hardly wait to find Rumon, but first she settles her children into the hostel. The monk in charge is no more difficult to convince of her lineage than Odo was, and shortly thereafter they set out for an interview with the new Abbot of Glastonbury. She instructs Orm as to the proper protocol,.....
