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The maiden paused a few seconds, ere she replied in a meditative voice "The old man who came among us a year ago, and who calls himself Christian, tells me that his god is not a god of war, like Odin; he says that his god permits no war to men, save that of self-defence; but, Erling, would slaying the King be indeed an act of self-preservation?"
"Now a plague on thy gruff tongue," said Erling angrily, as he raised the woman's head on his knee. "Did you not see that the weight was already more than she could bear? Get thee to the spring for water, man, as quickly as may be."
"He has fought well for him, and is rewarded. Were there aught to be had by betraying Offa, he would betray him. Take a bad Saxon and a false Welshman, and that is saying much, and weld them into one, and you have Gymbert." "This is hearsay from the Welsh he has fought," said I; "one need not heed it." "I suppose not," quoth Erling; "but I never heard aught else of him.
I called Erling, and as he ran to me I pointed, and together, without a word, we went to the cart and looked into it. It was empty, but on its rough floor were tokens, not to be mistaken, which told us that it was indeed the cart which Gymbert and his men had used. And so we knew that we could not be far from the place where they had hidden the king's body.
Instantly Glumm started up, forgetful, in the heat of the moment, of the jealousy that had so recently sprung up between him and his friend. "I am not a speaker," he shouted gruffly, "but poor is the man who cannot back up and egg on his friend. Erling speaks the truth; and all I have to suggest is that he should be sent by us to tell all this to King Harald Haarfager's face!"
He had merely been stunned by the force of the blow, and there was a trifling wound in the scalp from which a little blood flowed. While Kettle held a helmet full of water, and Erling bathed the wound, the latter said: "How comes it, Kettle, that ye discovered our straits, and appeared so fortunately?" Kettle laughed and said: "The truth is, that accident brought me here.
Erling frowned, and looked enquiringly at Kettle as he said: "But what possessed thee, that thou shouldst quit so good a master for one so bad, and how comes it thou hast so readily turned against the King's men?" "Little wonder that you are perplexed," said Kettle, "seeing that ye know not my motive.
"Despite our looks," replied Erling, with a laugh, "our business with the King is of a peaceful nature, and as it is pressing, ye will excuse us if " "Oh! it is pressing, after all," cried Ada; "come, sister, let us not delay them." So saying, she hurried away with her friend, and the two youths strode on to Glummstede in a very unenviable frame of mind.
Silently, but with a little wan smile, she took a scarf from her neck and gave it me to tie them with. Then Erling took them on his spear and waded back till he could toss them to the far bank, and so turned to my help. By that time I had taken up Hilda as best I might, holding her high, bidding her fear not, and clutch me as little as possible.
In front lay a level stretch of ground, encumbered only here and there with one or two small bushes, beyond which they had a view far into the dark forest, where the armour of the approaching horsemen could be seen glancing among the tree stems. "It is likely," muttered Erling, "that they will try to speak us fair at first. Most assassins do, to throw men off their guard.
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