If he enters the straits at night we shall see nothing of him, and the current runs so fast that he would sweep speedily by.

It is possible, indeed, that he has already passed.

If he continued to row down the shores of France all the time we were lying wind-bound he would have had so long a start when the east wind began to blow, that, although the galleys carry but little sail, they might well have been here some days before us.

Sweyn would be anxious to join Hasting as soon as he could.

The men would be thirsting for booty, and would make but short halt anywhere.