So I went by day and night, and I am here." So that was the traitor's end.

And I was glad, for I knew that England was free from her greatest foe.

Justly was Edric Streone slain, and all men held that it was well done.

Nor did any man ever seek Thrand to avenge the earl's death on his slayer.

I think none held him worth avenging.
I bade Thrand hold his peace concerning his part in this matter, for a while at least, lest I should lose him.
After Streone's death it was plain that Cnut was king indeed, for his Danish jarls knew him too well to despise him.