“What I think,” Joshua said, “for what it is worth when I am talking to Bedwyns and know perfectly well that they invariably do the opposite of what one suggests—what I think is that we should leave well enough alone. I cannot think of anything much more ludicrous than a band of well-meaning Bedwyns plotting together to save Wulfric—Bewcastle, for the love of God!—from one unlikely marriage prospect only to thrust another even more unlikely one in his way.”
