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Chapter Twenty
A few days passed without further developments, and then Ian's letters began to come again. Robert of Salisbury had taken up the cudgels for Hubert de Burghor, rather, for the privilege of the Church. First he had gone to the castellan of Devizes and ordered him to send Hubert back to the church. The castellan had pleaded various reasons for the actions of his men and, when these were rejected, said flatly that they had rather Hubert be hanged than they. Robert of Salisbury, no more inclined to accept this reason than the others, promptly excommunicated all the offenders and set out for Oxford, where he remonstrated with the king with only slightly less vehemence.
The king, leaving the Bishop of Winchester to argue with his brother prelate, fled to Westminster. Simon and Rhiannon had warning of this and also that Geoffrey thought it would be a nice touch if Rhiannon presented herself voluntarily with an offer to sing, since Winchester was not at court. To Simon's

 
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