"Ah, Geoffrey of Chester, Geoffrey of the de Gris family; good Norman stock; now well integrated into the English of the port of Chester." "Geoffrey, the youngest of three brothers; all three, hale and hearty. All lucky, thus far, in the Crusades." "Geoffrey, the poor third son who will never inherit. Not now that Henry, the eldest, is back home and married with three sons himself; the oldest now 15." "And yet, Bedo is coming home... home to the Marches by the sound of it. A friend is still a friend. Maybe this time I can make him more of the man he should be."