Holy Cross-Roads Inn

The Holy Cross-Roads Inn is where the narrator sits to gather stories about the children. The children meet at the inn when Jeanne is brought there by Sir Fabian and his knights, William stops there for the night on his way to Saint-Denis, and Jacob wanders there after his village is burned. Later, they will again find themselves at the inn when they return to get the books that William left with his donkey, which he left in the stable of the inn.

The name of the inn is significant since it does represent a crossroads for both the children and for the narrator, who is revealed to be an Inquisitor. For the children, the inn represents the crossroads at which they will either succeed in their quest to save at least a single copy of the Talmud or they will fail. For the narrator, he...