At once the boat seemed to come to life, flying from wave to wave before the wind, and I made haste to ship the long oar, so that I could steer her with it.
And when I went aft, there, in the sharp hollow of the stern that I had uncovered, lay two great loaves and a little breaker of water.
Now I could not tell, and do not know even to this day, what kindly man hid these things for us, but I blessed him for his charity, for now our case was better than Lodbrok's in two ways, that we had no raging gale and sea to wrestle against, and the utmost pangs of hunger and thirst we were not to feel.

Three days and two nights had he been on his voyage.

We might be a day longer with this breeze, but the bread, at least, we need not touch till tomorrow.
But Beorn slept heavily again, and I told him not of this store as yet, for I thought that he would but turn from it just now.

Which was well, for he could not bear a fast as could I.
So the long day wore through, and ever the breeze held, and the boat flew before it.

Night fell, and the dim moon rose up, and still we went east and north swiftly.