And he was fairly amazed and knew not what to say, that I, an outlaw, should have been sent on this errand, and more, that I should have come.
I told him, speaking quickly and shortly, how it had come about, and he understood that the man who gave me the arrow neither knew nor believed me.
"Master," he said, when I had done, "verily I believe that you are true, and wronged by him I have served this past two months.

But of this I know not for certain, being a stranger here and little knowing of place or people.

But this I know, from the man you sent back, that our thane sought your life against the word of the ealdorman, and, moreover, believes that you are dead.

But by the arms you wear I can learn how that matter really went.

Now, give me the arrow, and I will see to this -- do you fly." But I was bent on ending the errand, and said I would carry out the task, as was my duty, to the end.