Chapters 11-15 Summary

Crispin runs away from the group of men and the steward. He manages to lose them near the mill, but sees them waiting for him at the river crossing. He goes back to the mill and crosses in the mill stream, then runs south through the village. At the south road he sees a figure on the ground and is shocked to discover that it is Father Quinel lying there dead. The priest has obviously been murdered, and Crispin thinks that it must be to do with him. He runs away but becomes very frightened in the darkness. He lies beside the road and prays to God.

The next morning Crispin sees the bailiff ride past to the south, but he presses himself to the ground and is not discovered. He continues along the road for two days, but sees no...