The next morning, Duke Guiscard arrives at his mother's house and asks her to tell him what has happened. She tells him that she has heard the news of the battle at Atropa, and that she is worried about her son. She asks him if he feels well, and he replies that he has not felt well. He tells her that the old man has been acting strangely, and she says that he must have been acting drunk. He says that the closest thing he has to smell is "fried live stock" . He asks his mother if he can go home and tell her what is good for him, and her reply is that he should go home. He then asks her if she feels ill. She says that she does not feel ill, but that her old man is acting strange. She then asks if he has been eating the stock. He replies that it is not the same as the stock he has eaten. He also says that his mother is smiling at him, but he does not want her to know that he is happy. He wonders if there is something at his father's body, and his mother says that it would be hard for him to believe that the same thing could happen to so many people. He adds that he hears the news about the death of the king, and it is nothing his holiness needs to lift his finger over. He wants to know if there will be reparations for the king's death, and if the sur-rounding forces will invade if they are given an opening. He thinks that the servants of God stationed