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12 men is not enough to surround the place, so Scyld might conceivably escape with Linduial, but as you say it would not be much of a head start. Except that Haleth could be delayed until morning before starting out, for one reason or another, and Eodwine's men wait until Haleth arrives; that could be as many as twelve hours get-away time.
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I think I like this way better. Scyld isn't going to leave until he has something "concrete" - i.e., he knows that Sorn's killing Lin has been a possibility for a while, and even with Sorn's recent rampage, he doesn't really know if he is closer to killing her now than before.