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Now Arngeir knew at once that somewhat had happened when he heard from Griffin that the most notable man of those whom he sought was named Curan, and therefore he turned back at once and waited for us.
And there was an end of question on the matter, for presently Arngeir came up with the team of oxen and a sled, and my father hastily cried to Thor as in time of sudden war, and then on the sled they loaded the stones easily. I helped, and it is certain that they were no trouble to uproot or lift, though they were bedded in the ground and heavy.
Then we saw to the wounded men, and thereafter slept in the sun or in the fore cabin as each chose, leaving Arngeir only on watch. It was possible that the shore folk would be down to the strand soon, seeking for what the waves might have sent them, and the tide must be watched also.
With the first breath of the pestilence died Grim my father, and about that I do not like to say much. He bade us remember the words he had spoken of Havelok our brother, and he spoke long to Arngeir in private of the same; and then he told us to lay him in mound in the ancient way, but with his face toward Denmark, whence we came.
And I said to Arngeir that it seemed that we should have to fight the matter out. "Alsi risks losing both kingdoms if he does that," he answered, "for we shall take what we choose if we are the victors. The visions that have been thus right so far say that we shall be so." "I shall be glad if we do come out on the right side," I said; "but I have not so much faith in these dream tellings as some.
Tell no one, but go home and say to mother that I shall be with her in an hour. Then come back and work here." Then he and Arngeir went to Sigurd, and told him all from the beginning. And when the jarl heard, he was glad for the safety of the queen and of Havelok, but he said that there was no doubt that Denmark was no place for Grim any longer.
And then he said, "I will speak with my thanes, and give you word to carry back in an hour's time, now that I know you to be a true messenger." "There should be no reason for waiting so long as that, nor do I think that the matter of the throne of East Anglia is a question for Lindsey thanes," answered Arngeir at once. "All this is between you and the princess."
He had said nothing to the Witan at all, but had waited in hopes that he should hear no more of his niece, telling the tale that we had heard. "I have had no answer from them," he said at last, for Arngeir was looking at him in a way that he could not meet. "It was her saying that she would do this for herself."
And Alsi answered, "Has this matter been put before the Witan of the East Angles?" I suppose that he thought to hear Arngeir say that there had been no time for so doing at present, but my brother was readier than I should have been. "Doubtless it has," he said, "for that was your own promise to Goldberga on her marriage." At that Alsi flushed, and his brows wrinkled.
"In that case we shall meet again on the battlefield ere long," answered the thane. "I will not say that Havelok is in the wrong, and things might have been better settled. Farewell till then. The Norns will show who is right." So we went, and I thought, as did Arngeir, that there was some little feeling among his men that Alsi was wrong.
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