After being accused of having done something to the king, the lord of the castle and I talked things over and the king had a French champion! The king had never had much interest of keeping the French close at hand--remember all the wars, I mentioned? So that was another oddity, very odd.
Then Tegan and I were summoned to sit at the king's side during supper. After--or I should say--during which, the lord of the castle's brother was brought in. Lord Geoffrey was accused of something or another, but he kept protesting that he'd left London with the king still there some four hours ago!
The Frenchman, the supposed-king's champion from earlier?, recommended that the king have Lord Geoffrey shoved into an Iron Maiden. A device for medieval torture. Essentially, think of a metal container shaped with the figure of a person, but with spikes on the inside that pierces through when you shut the door with a person inside.