" Lord Rykker rode to Maidenpool with Randyll Tarly, " the other said. " He left Ser Rufus Leek as castellan, to look after Lady Rykker and the young ones" .
That summer on a visit to Wilton Abbey, Rufus had been matched with Matilda, the daughter of Malcolm Canmore and his wife Margaret, in a matrimony that would have strengthened the bonds between England and Scotland.