- Crispin comes downstairs to find that the tavern room has been trashed.
- Widow Daventry has been beaten by soldiers and is weeping.
- She is angry with Crispin because of all that has happened, and she's also a little angry with Bear for getting mixed up with the likes of John Ball.
- She tells Crispin he needs to hide in the secret compartment until nightfall, when he needs to get out of town.
- She believes the soldiers will torture Bear to try to find Crispin, but either way Bear's a goner.
- Crispin creeps back into his hiding place, feeling truly terrible about all of this.