Master Tyrion and Josiah pondered the significance of the silken threads they had seen on two separate occasions. Josiah mentioned that silk was often used as a guild emblem of sorts for the better quality brothels so they began searching the town for them. During their afternoon's searching rumours of what was happening at the Kinnemeve castle, Castle Lance, started to multiply with every possibility from Lord Rocsly's death to the capitulation of Castle Lance being banded about the markets and shops. By late afternoon Maarz and Cadfael had returned and met up with Master Gwint at their inn. They were found by Master Tyrion and Josiah and so all five of them began searching. It was Josiah that eventually spotted the silken threads in the hafts of daggers of two men standing at the entrance to an exclusive gentleman's club. Cadfael meanwhile found the Hanging Man, the tavern that he had chased the men who had attacked him (and Maarz and Josiah) into. Returning to the inn they found Master Tyrion changing into his finest robes. He had just seem wagon loads of injured soldiers in Rocsly and Kinnemeve tabards coming in through the town gates and had decided to confront Lord Rocsly

When everyone was back at the inn and dressed in Kinnemorne colours they marched to Rocksport Castle. They were initially denied admittance but, after a fevered discussion of their options, eventually they were permitted to see Lady Rocsly. They were escorted to the Rocsly's small Great Hall where Lady Rocsly was waiting for them sat in her husband's chair, guards armed with swords and crossbows along all the walls. Master Tyrion demanded the immediate cessation of hostilities, the removal of Rocsly men from Kinnemeve lands and the payment of restitution to the Kinnemeve's. When this was refused he challenged her House to a duel of champions over who would have first rights to apply for guardianship of the Kinnemeve family, the Rocslys or the Kinnemornes.

On behalf of her husband she accepted, so Master Tyrion informed her that they would be waiting for her the following morning in the market square. Lady Rocsly smiled and said that as the challenged party it would be up to House Rocsly to offer the time and place and as neither her husband or their champion were at home she could not offer a time and place in this hall right now. Master Tyrion pressed her on this point insisting that the duel should take place the following morning before the attack was completed and the duel became moot. Lady Rocsly refused Master Tyrion's request once more assuring them that the duel would occur in good time. Thwarted and angry Master Tyrion turned on his heels and started to leave, to the sound of several crossbows being cocked simultaneously. Lady Rocsly demanded that he turn round and take his leave properly with the respect that is due to the Lady of the House. Making the barest minimum genuflection Master Tyrion bowed and walked out, the rest of his entourage in tow.

Cadfael decided that he needed to pray so, as he hadn't found a Godswood near Rocksport, he and Maarz rode out to the nearest woods to find what spiritual solace they could. Everyone else helped prepare for the duel the following morning. The following morning they were up with the almost with the dawn, armed and armoured and then walked down to the market square. Unfortunately the Town Crier was earlier, announcing the upcoming duel in two days time as well as the punishment of the Kinnemeve Septa for disobeying her Liege Lord and any captured Kinnemeve soldiers who refuse to swear allegiance to House Rocsly. Cursing the Lady Rocsly for preempting him Master Tyrion, as well as everyone else, remained in the market square all morning, pointing out to anyone who came nearby that they were here and ready to fight the duel. Lady Rocsly came across to the market square halfway through the morning to be confronted again by an angry Master Tyrion demanding immediate satisfaction whilst there is still an independent Lord Kinnemeve to petition Lord Tyrell about. Lady Rocsly demurely pointed out that, with both her husband and their champion absent she was hardly in a position to give Master Tyrion the satisfaction he was seeking. At this Master Tyrion turned to Josiah and ordered him to travel to Highgarden with a message for Lord Tyrell that the Rocsly's have attacked their own bannermen, House Kinnemeve, and were refusing to honour a judicial challenge in good time between the Kinnemeve's closest relatives, House Rocsly and House Kinnemorne, over who should have first rights to petition the Tyrells for permission to have guardianship over the infant lord Stirling Kinnemeve and steward his house till he reaches his majority.

At midday, with the exception of Josiah, they all left their positions in the market and returned to their inn. At the inn they found that their rooms had been completely wrecked by someone searching them very thoroughly. When the innkeep arrived at the scene he confirmed, between the angry comments from Master Tyrion, that this had been done by Lord Rocsly's soldiers. Leaving the innkeep to tidy up the mess made by Rocsly's soldiers, with Maarz relieving him of the key to his cellar on the way, Masters Tyrion and Gwint went to the Silken Threads whilst Cadfael and Maarz went to the Hanging Man. Meanwhile Josiah went to the quayside to negotiate with ship's captains for passage to Highgarden.

Inside the Silken Threads the Kinnemorne brothers found very plush surroundings (with lots of silk in evidence) with men and women sitting in the common area drinking wine and playing cards and dice games. Whilst the sixteen year old Gwint went upstairs with one of the women paid for by his older brother, Tyrion stayed downstairs hoping to spot further indications of the Silken Treads links to smugglers. He briefly thought he recognised someone as the leader of the group that had interrogated him at crossbow point but decided he was mistaken. He did though recognise one of the men who pointed a crossbow at him and invited him over for a drink over his lunch. Master Tyrion managed to persuade him that he was looking for hired muscle and was opposed to Lord Rocsly.

Inside the Hanging Man Cadfael and Maarz soon recognised one of the men who attacked them having a lunchtime drink. Maarz bought a drink for him and they sat down at his table. Through a mixture of friendly persuasion and veiled threats they managed to convince him to say why they had been attacked. He said that it was because Maarz had made disrespectful remarks about the Lusty Sailor but his eyes glanced behind the bar (into the room where Cadfael guessed he had chased the two survivors of the attack upon them). After they finished Cadfael left the bar and waited outside whilst Maarz picked an opportune moment and slipped into the back room containing a couple of barrels and equipment for fermenting. He searched it quickly and very quietly whilst the bar staff were all busy out front. In a locked cupboard Maarz found a couple of bags of malt tied closed with braided silken threads. The bags though had strange emblems printed on them and the remnants of seals so Maarz stole one and sneaked out of the back of the Hanging Man. On their way back to their inn to meet with Masters Tyrion and Gwint Maarz spotted Lord Rocsly arriving back in Rocksport with a knight, some of his soldiers, Rocsly wounded and Kinnemeve wounded and prisoners. Driving his wagon alongside Lord Rocsly was Septon Garrick! Maarz gave the stolen bag to Cadfael and followed Septon Garrick. Cadfael returned to the inn and found Josiah packed and ready to go having secured passage on a ship leaving on the late afternoon tide. Cadfael joined Josiah in drinking enough spirits to help Josiah face the terrifying (for him) prospect of leaving a town for the open wastes of the outdoors.

Unnoticed, Maarz followed Septon Garrick back the Sept where, as soon as they were alone, he asked the Septon what had been happening on the Kinnemeve lands. Once everyone else to the Sept he told them what had happened and that he had messages from Ser Robert Shekyl, de facto head of House Kinnemeve, with coin to pay for their delivery for Lord Tyrell at Highgarden and the King in King's Landing. Master Tyrion then instructed Josiah not to embark for Highgarden but that Maarz should ride for the nearest Maester to get the messages sent by raven and then ride back to Rocksport. Maarz then rode out with the messages, two Gold Galleons and a spare horse and Septon Garrick moved all of his belongings into the Sept to preserve an illusion on neutrality in the upcoming duel.

The following morning after another morning standing in the market making the point that House Kinnemorne is ready for justice to be done and the morning service Josiah was able to identify the bags as bearing the emblem of the city state of Lys as well as it's broken customs seals with no evidence of the bags having been inspected by Westeros customs officials. Septon Garrick went to minister to the wounded men handing them each a silver coin from a purse clearly marked as House Kinnemorne as he did so.