Then Earl Osric said that we might as well wait until we must, but Hakon and I and Phelim thought it easier to deal with the few men here than to wait until the rest returned, most likely flushed with the victory their numbers must needs give them.

So in the end the small quarterboat was got over the side away from the village, and we took our place.
Phelim was in the bows, and I set my helm at my feet, and had a dark cloak over my mail.
I pulled away from the ship and came round her stern in a wide sweep, in order not to seem at once as if we came from her.

Then we went swiftly to the beach, and Phelim stood in the bows and signed to the men who stood along it.

They saw what he was, and ran together to meet him, ceasing their cries to hear him.

But I was not going to run more risk than I could help.