Elfric and Caris are married, though their marriage is far from a happy one. While she tries to be a dutiful wife, Caris does not love him. She even tries to get work for her husband’s apprentice Merthin. When Elfric hears of it he beats her and when Merthin intervenes, both he and Caris are thrown out on the street. It’s time for the annual spring festival in Knightsbridge and many people are in the village. Gwenda the Saxon resists her father’s sexual advances and soon finds herself sold to local farmer in exchange for a cow. Sir Roland is to be married and his …