I do not think that it had been fitting for her to have carried any other passenger, after he who lies in the sea depths had done with her." Bertric shook his head as one who doubts, being sore at the loss of a vessel under his command, though there was no blame to him therein.

But I knew what Gerda felt, and thought with her.
By the great fire we made our first meal ashore since we left my home in Caithness eight long days ago.

Nor can I say that it was a dismal feast by any means, for we had won through the many perils we had foreseen, and were in safety and unhurt; and young enough, moreover, to take things lightly as they came, making the best of them..