Mathea grins at Ylva. "Well, we found him and Magistra Colle together, remember, back in Ardrigor?" She should have guessed right then, really. "And you did say she was under guard. He must have got her out." She stands up.
"So he's just - gone?" Ylva gets up too, shaking her skirts.
"Well, it'll mean we don't have to worry about him any more. We should worry about ourselves."
"Why? We've got plenty of food in the barrel."
Mathea walks out of the cave and stares at the sea. The sails of the departing ships are only just visible on the horizon. "How do you think those ships knew to look here? I am not sure the Raven Cloud is coming back."