For nothing prolongs reckless sin like the procrastination of punishment and vengeance.

This unbridled impudence of the soldiers ended by making the king detested, not only by foreigners, but even by his own people, for the Danes resented such an arrogant and cruel rule.

But Grep was contented with no humble loves; he broke out so outrageously that he was guilty of intercourse with the queen, and proved as false to the king as he was violent to all other men.

Then by degrees the scandal grew, and the suspicion of his guilt crept on with silent step.

The common people found it out before the king.