"By and by, no doubt, you will bring me supper, but it is strange not to feel the tossing of the ship.
It is wonderful to be warm and in safety once more.

You have been very good to me." But I thought of her patience and cheerfulness through the countless discomforts and dangers of the voyage, and knew that the praise was hers.
"We have said truly that you are a sea-king's daughter indeed, my queen," I answered.

"It is enough to hear you say that we are not useless courtmen." We three went to our hut and took off our mail, and found dry clothing in the chest, with many thanks to the careful half-dozen warriors who had kept their best therein.

Then in much comfort we saw to our arms, red with the sea rust, and hung them round the cell, which was some nine feet across and about the same height, and by the time that pleasant work was done the brothers were back, and the little bell on the chapel, where it hung in a stone cote, rang for their vespers.
They bade us come also, and Bertric and Dalfin rose up and went gladly.

I had no thought that I could be welcome, and was staying, but Phelim called me.
"Malcolm is a Norse Scot," said Dalfin quietly.