Ancient law and desperate courage expose hidden treachery
Guida interrupts a grand royal ceremony in Jersey using ancient Norman law to demand the return of her stolen child from Admiral Philip d'Avranche. When Philip admits parentage to keep the boy, witnesses expose his hidden prior marriage to Guida, stripping away his deceit before the court. Across the Atlantic, the impressed gunner Ranulph chooses desertion over firing on his own countrymen, undertaking a perilous ascent up the precipitous cliffs of Perce Rock to secure his liberty.
CHAPTER XXXIX → CHAPTER XLI
