Richard is starting to recognize his fate. As they pass through the Abbey he uses this as an opportunity to reflect on his life and to observe his faith.
"Richard was no whining monk to lament the inevitable, and tamely to await the result. To see an evil was to spur him to seek a remedy: he had given up every expectation of reigning, except such as sprung from his right, and faith in the justice of God" (400).
"On his third day after his arrival at Beaulieu, he arose from his sick couch, donned his armour, and, yet pale and feeble, sent to speak with the cavalier who commanded the party that guarded all egress from the Abbey" (400).
Description: Attached is a picture of the Beaulieu Abbey.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaulieu_Abbey_Church.jpg
