Men said that there were twenty thousand men, and that there were many chiefs besides those that I had named.

This, he said, seemed over many to be possible, but it did not concern us, for they were far away.
Now, when I thought how the wind had held at any quarter rather than north or east for long weeks, it seemed to me likely that it was this only that had kept them from us, and that the going into Humber was no part of Ingvar's plan, but done as of necessity.

For to bring over so mighty a host he must have swept up every vessel of all kinds for many a score miles along the shores.

And they would be heavy laden with men, so that he must needs make the first port possible.

Yet for a time we should be left in quiet.
Now I must say how things went at home, for my sister's wedding with Egfrid had been put off first by the doubt of my own fate, and then by the mourning for my father's death.