A bit of a story as well;
William did indeed ride hard for Donnington, and found that it was still unbesieged, and he quickly rallied the small garrison and shut the gates. Preparations were made fast for the battle, arrows headed, swords sharpened, pikes shafted, tar boiled.
It was a day before Humphrey's party came into view, and by then the defenders had lined the walls. The attacking force crept foward slightly, till they were a bowshoot and a half from the wall. One rider stepped forward even further to call abuse, but a well-placed arrow thudded into his chest before he opened his mouth.
"Curse thee, William!" shouted Humphrey, enraged and confused as to how his quarry was alerted. "You may have stalled us for now, but we will return!"
And with that he and his force turned tail and cantered back the way they had arrived.