one night at camp , i asked him how he found himself in corbond , it transpired that he was part of a company of dwarves that had escorted some dignitaries of some sort from the dwarven city of gwldln to the abbey at doriesnal and with prior arrangement with his superiors , instead of returning straight away with his companions he had wanted to take a few days at corbond , a small holiday he called it , but this was accompanied with a sly wink of his eye .