"I am no man's lord, but every man's brother. I'm brother Cadfael, from the Shrewsbury Abbey. Though, I was born in Trefriw, near Conway in Wales."

Cadfael replies with a slight bow. It is very kind of the man to attribute him a higher stance that he's ever had. It also speaks of knowledge of similar social arrangements where a misstep at such attribution can cause one much grief. The man did not introduce himself yet, but Cadfael wonders if he's not perhaps from Scotland, or some kind of similar place that raises men with an iron core. He definitely carries himself like nobility, but not of the flashy kind. Rather the kind that tends to hold strongholds in the troublesome areas. That's why he thought of the north.