Chapters 51-55 Summary

Crispin thinks about what a father means to him and decides he must try to rescue Bear. After curfew a man comes to help Crispin get out of the city. Crispin pretends that he intends to leave, but when they are away from the inn, he asks the man to take him to the White Stag inn instead. There he finds John Ball and the other rebels and tells them that Bear has been taken. The rebels refuse to help rescue Bear, but one of them at least agrees to take Crispin to the town square.

At the palace Crispin sees that there is a slight gap between the palace and the building next to it. He slips through the gap and manages to climb up the walls to the palace balcony. He swings onto the balcony and enters the palace...