- Crispin manages to elude the searchers by running to the mill, going a little way down the river, and doubling back.
- Instead of crossing the river to go west, he decides to go south and runs until he sees the southern boundary cross. (Fun fact: The limits of Stromford are marked by crosses in each direction.)
- He sees a figure on the ground by the cross and thinks it's a guard, but then realizes it's Father Quinel, whose throat has been cut. Yikes.