There was little or no danger there when the host passed on.

Some day shall you and I ride to that quiet farmstead, for I love the kindly folk who cared for me so well." Then I said, and my words came to pass afterwards: "If they will, they shall have my best farm here for their own, that they may be near you.

Now tell me how you came to be with Elfric." She blushed a little, and laughed.
"When we were at Penhurst," she said, "you told me how you were seeking me--well, maybe I was seeking you.

It fell out thus.

When you and Olaf, whom I long to see, scattered the Danes here, Gunnhild said that we must fly, for they were seeking hiding places.