"I miss not knowing her. I wish there were another way, but 'tis just not safe," said the king.
"Might you meet her in the forest one day?"
"I will consider that. Perhaps I will consider that with vigor. Did you come just to tell me about her, or is there trouble I should know about?"
"Kevin has hidden her."
"What? Why?"
"An Englishman has asked for her hand in marriage."
The king reeled back. "Who? I will kill him."
"Then you did not arrange a marriage?"
"Is that what the man told you?"
"Nay, we have not yet seen him. He sent word of his proposal through the clans, but he knew her name and where she was."