In this, indeed, he is not alone, seeing that she has grown up one of our fairest maidens, and many are the valorous deeds that have been done to win a smile from her; but she has refused all suitors, Sweyn with the others.

He took his refusal in bad part, and even ventured to vow she should be his whether she willed it or not.

Of course I took the matter up and forbade all further intimacy, and we had not met again till the other day before Paris.

We had high words there, but I thought no more of it.

A few days afterwards I was struck by a crossbow bolt in the leg.