With what clarity remains available to her, she wonders why Faramund does not speak and why he shows no intention of hurting her. Why he hasn’t a sword nor a dagger. He is from the castle, she assumes, but without certainty because his clothes are simple, undyed linens tied with a rope belt.

Petra knows it makes little difference whether Faramund speaks – she would not be able to understand him, nor he her. The questions she has he cannot provide answers to. After all, her very presence came to him as a surprise. Yet even in Faramund’s shock, he offered no protestation, only a strong expression of disparagement towards Othmar upon seeing the state she was in.