He ran along until, one hundred yards further, he came to a staircase by which access to the battlements was obtained.

Running lightly up this, he kept along the wall until he reached the turret.
"Thanks, my noble Cnut!" he exclaimed, "and you, my brave fellows.

But I fear you have forfeited your lives.

There is no escape.

In a minute the whole force of the place will recover from their confusion, and be down upon us from both sides." "We have prepared for that," Cnut said.