Little therefore will be gained or lost by this sailing of ours.

Yet all is surely lost if we sail not." Then he ceased, but he had not yet spoken of what we saw, and I waited for his words.

Yet still he stood silent, and looked out over the sea, until I was fain to ask him what the vision meant.
"Surely it was the wraith of a son of Swein that we saw," he said; "but it will be long years ere Cnut bears that likeness, for that was of a man full grown and mighty." Now the reading of this was beyond me, for I have no skill in these matters, as had Olaf.

And he said nought for a little while, but seemed to ponder over it.
"Now I know," said he at last.

"What we have seen is the outcome of the going of the hosts to England.