- Cadfael: Oswin, it surely is not in your vows to listen to gossip.
- Brother Oswin: No, brother.
- Cadfael: Well, don't let that stop you.
- [Thomas sits on the riverbank in the pouring rain, staring straight ahead. Hugh and Sergeant Warden appear behind him]
- Sheriff Hugh Beringar: May we speak, Master Hynde?
- Thomas Hynde: [relieved] You have saved my conscience a journey.