They gave me one, and bade me rest on the after deck by the chiefs; and in spite of the strangeness of everything I slept dreamlessly, being tired in mind as well as in body.
Next morning things were to all seeming much the same.

The Danes had kept their word, and all was peaceful.

There being nothing more in the town left worth taking, they stowed everything carefully, and made all ready for sailing.

And then, halfway between noon and sunrise, Elfric rode back.
I did not see him, for he was not suffered to come beyond the line of outposts, and all that he had to say, of course, I did not know at the time.

One came and told Thorleif that the thane waited to speak with him, and he was gone from the ships for half an hour with Thrond.