997: Yusef leaves a note and a scimitar for Mariam/Marion in the early morning hours. Alain makes an entry in his diary. Fraubard's siege train comes to Taunton. A farmer and his son turn over a lost New Forest horse bearing an Inglethorpe badge to the party; she is promptly named Laurel. The party boards the barge Serapini and sails for Kesh-Nicht.