He looked once or twice towards me as if he were trying to frame some excuse, but none would come.
"I knew it not," he said, falsely enough.

"I am glad you came." Egil only laughed, and with that Streone rode away quickly, and never looked back as he went.
Thereafter Egil took me down to the ships, and he sent Thrand for sword Foe's Bane when the night had fallen.

Most kindly did the Dane treat me, but I cared for little.

I could not move for stiffness and bruising after I had slept for twelve hours on end, but that was nought compared with the sorrow for what had befallen us.
Two days after this the Danish host followed in the track of Eadmund and his flying levies: but Egil stayed in command of the ships, and I with him.

I had not seen Cnut, but Egil had spoken of me to him.
"I have heard of Redwald of Bures before," the king had said.