So we did but take Gerda her own chest, and have the court men's to the hut which had been given us.

We bade Phelim, as guest master, take what he would of the provender as he liked, saying it was theirs altogether; and he thanked us simply, more for our own sake than theirs, as I know.

They would not let us go back to the shore for the next load.
"Bide and rest," said Fergus; "this is a holiday for us, and we enjoy it.

We shall talk of it all for many a long day; but for you it is but an added and needless weariness." So, nothing loath, we sat on the stone blocks which were set for seats outside Gerda's hut, and watched them go with the wagon.
Presently Gerda came and asked for a little help, and I went and moved her chest for her, and hung a heavy curtain, which I have no doubt was a wrecked boat's sail once, to its stone pegs across the door.

They had lit a fire for her at the first, and the cell was comfortable altogether.
"Now I shall rest," she said.