I had headed a charge by a dozen of our best men, when it seemed that a charge might at least give time for the escape of the few women of the house to the glen.

My father had bidden me, and we went, and did our best.

We won the time we fought for, and that was all.

Some of us got back to the hall, and the rest bided where they fell.

As for me, I had been stunned by an axe blow, which my helm had turned, and came to myself to find that I was bound hand and foot, and set aside under the stable wall with two others of our men, captives also.