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"Come with me and we will speak of this matter to Eadmund himself. Then will the business be settled at once." That was all I would wish, and being willing to speak yet more with Raud, I said I would follow. He turned again, and looked no more at me. Then I asked Raud of his brother, and of Thoralf, my other companion of flight. They were both slain, one at Gainsborough and one at Medehamstede.
For they were written by Elfric the abbot, my friend, thus: Written by the hand of Elfric, Abbot of St. Peter's Minster at Medehamstede. I, Elfric, bid you, my son Redwald, be of cheer, for in the end all shall be for the best. Bide in your home of Bures if Cnut wills, as I think shall be, and see to the good of your own people as would your father who has gone. There is an end of war for England.
There could be no thought of bribes now. So I took it, and was glad thereof, for I could not ask my people for rents and dues yet. Elfric asked me of Uldra, as one might suppose, and was glad when he heard of her welfare. "I suppose that when I get back to Medehamstede her folk will want to know how she fares in Normandy, or the like.
"Else why should I have given all that I have even five hundred pounds for St. Peter's church at Medehamstede presently? Answer me that, lord king, and be not so downhearted." This he said one day, being full of his purchase, and I think that the cheerfulness of the good man helped our king. "Verily, Redwald, my son," the abbot said to me, "if I get not St.
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