You and I must see much of one another, cousin." Then he turned to Eadmund, who was, as it seemed, well pleased that I had found so good a friend.

And he said: "Forgive me if I have forgotten greater matters for a moment.

But I cannot greet a kinsman coldly, and it is in my mind that Redwald is a cousin worth finding, if I may judge by the way in which he hailed my news." "Truly," said Eadmund, "I am minded to do as he did, now that I have taken all the wonder of it in.

But it seems over good to be true--Swein dead--and your offered help!" Then they both laughed, well content, and so Eadmund called the steward, and wine and meat were set for the king, and they sat down and talked, as he ate with a sailor's hunger.

But I listened not to their talk, my mind being over full of this good fortune of my own.
I had none left of my own kin, and till today I had been as it were alone.
Presently, however, I heard an East Anglian name that was dear to me.