So soon as we were twenty yards from the beach, I stopped pulling, and bade Phelim say his say.
He told them what was needful, and they growled at first, as if they could not believe him.

Then he pointed to Fergus, who could be seen on board the ship, and they grew more satisfied.

At last he told them that they must fetch Dalfin the Prince as soon as possible, for that we of the ship, or some of us, were those who had brought him back.

And at last he told how there was a queen on board who had avenged the death of Dubhtach of the Spearshafts, and given back the torque which was lost.
That was all they needed to hear, for the torque had been seen, and word had passed round concerning it.

The black looks faded, and there was naught but friendliness thereafter.