Bernard Otho and Guillem obeyed the summons, but would confess nothing.

But Guillem the gaoler had crept up to the hall and lay sleeping by the fire, with a dozen dogs about him.

With this extravagant but probably veracious incident, one naturally compares the sacrifice of Guillem de Balaun's finger nail.

The same story is told of the troubadour Guillem de Cabestanh; but it is good enough to repeat.