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"thou shalt pay with thy own life blood." "When you catch me; and even then you must fight for it. Meanwhile, if you be an Englishman, warn the good people of Dorchester that the Danes are upon them. Your Edric has betrayed them." Reaching the other shore, Alfgar finds smooth meadows all covered with snow. He knows his way now.
They were refused admittance to the cell wherein he was confined by Edric, who had assumed the direction of all things, and whose claim, such is the force of impudence, seemed to be tacitly allowed by the thanes and ealdormen of Wessex. But Elfwyn and Herstan could hardly be denied permission to visit him, owing to their positions, and they both did so.
Did Edric remember the place, and the bloody event which only he and one other present connected with the spot? for Edmund had been far away, and the matter had been hushed up, as far as was possible, by all the power and influence Ethelred could exert in his favourite's cause, or rather his own, for he, the royal villain, shared the ill-gotten spoil.
"Have you ever heard him say as much?" asked Edric in a careless way. I was growing angry now, for this seemed beside the point. "Such a thing has never been spoken of between us," I said. "So. Then ask him the question one day, and see what his answer is." "I can answer it now," I said hotly; "he would refuse. Nor will the offer ever be made." "I am not so sure of that," said Edric.
"Eirik and Ulf and Thorkel the jarls may gather them for Cnut," I answered. "And he is Swein's son." "Those men are Cnut as yet, as one may say," answered Edric chuckling. "One has to deal with them therefore. What says Olaf?" "He says the same, lord earl." Then he turned sharply towards me, though he did not look at me, and said: "The king does not trust Olaf, I fear.
I was never false to thee, nor will I be now; did I not, for thy sake, look over the death of Elfhelm of Shrewsbury, and put out the eyes of his sons? canst thou not trust me now?" Thus strengthened, Edric remained, and uneasy whispers passed around the assembly. At last Edmund looked up.
Justly was Edric Streone slain, and all men held that it was well done. Nor did any man ever seek Thrand to avenge the earl's death on his slayer. I think none held him worth avenging. I bade Thrand hold his peace concerning his part in this matter, for a while at least, lest I should lose him.
Loud ravings, as of one in delirium, penetrated the passage from the chamber, amidst which the chamberlain knocked again. "There! there!" cried an agonised voice, "he knocks again; 'tis Elfhelm of Shrewsbury, whom Edric slew; 'twasn't I, 'twas Edric, I only shared the spoil; keep him out, I tell you, keep him out."
And present at that last banquet were Ednoth, the bishop of Dorchester, and other ecclesiastics, who had come to pray for the host and to succour the dying with ghostly aid. Well nigh all the great men of England were here. But Edric supped in their midst.
If this, which seems the most likely conjecture, be received, Godwin, then a mere youth, would naturally have commenced his career in the cause of Canute; and as the son of a formidable chief of thegn's rank, and even as kinsman to Edric, who, whatever his crimes, must have retained a party it was wise to conciliate, Godwin's favour with Canute, whose policy would lead him to show marked distinction to any able Saxon follower, ceases to be surprising.
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