Who Is That Masked - Well, Hooded Anyway - Man?

She paused for a moment from lobbing a rotten cabbage at Fred to answer his question. "They're strangers who only arrived in the village an hour or two ago. They couldn't pay their bill at the inn, which is why they are in the stocks. The man claims to be a knight and a dragonslayer. I've no idea who the woman is, except that she has an outlandish taste in clothes."

1. "A dragonslayer, eh? Presumably if I was to settle their debt they would be released. Where is the innkeeper?" "That's her, over there." For Big Bertha, who had served Fred and Melissa, was actually more than just a mere barmaid.
2. "I think I recognise the man. It's Lord Frederigo D'Honaire." "Never heard of him."
3. The stranger questioned the crone no more. Instead he picked up a turnip and threw it at Fred with great force and unerring accuracy.

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