(Just a brief glimpse of a longer scene.)
Faerhild and her older brother, Saexwyrd, stood in front of their Lord to hear his verdict about their recent acts against the Reeve and his Witan. The sister had set convicted men free of their prison, hoping they would help her to save the Captain of the town. The brother stood accused because he had witnessed her commit this crime yet had been too soft-hearted to stop his sister.
