The White Company Chapter 9 - How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood

In which a young clerk named Alleyne journeys through the ancient Minstead woods and encounters both a menacing serf and his estranged elder brother, the Socman of Minstead, who guards his shrinking Saxon estate with fierce pride and suspicion. Amidst this tense meeting, Alleyne is aided and challenged by a spirited lady of the manor, whose graceful presence and troubled story add complexity to his newfound ties with family and land.