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Then he told me that all were well at Grimsby; for fish came now and then and kept the famine from the town, though there were none to send elsewhere; and it was well that we had left, though they all missed us sorely. Then we began to talk of the doings here; and at last I spoke of Havelok's trouble, as one may well call it, telling him also of the strange dream with which it all began.
I suppose that for all time the ships that are from Grimsby will be free from all dues in the ports that are Havelok's in the Danish land. Witlaf, the good old thane, bides in his place yet, and he rejoices ever that he had a hand in bringing Havelok up. Nor does our king forget that. Indeed, I think that he forgets naught but ill done toward him.
But Goldberga replied, "If it is the custom that one shall be given, I will mind you of the promise hereafter, when Anglia is won, and you and I are Havelok's upholders on that throne. There is one thing that I will ask then, that a wrong may be righted." "Nay, but we will give you some gift now, and then you shall ask what you will also."
Three days after Havelok's homecoming we were on the "swan's path," and heading for Denmark, with the soft south wind of high summer speeding us on the way. And I will tell how that came about, for else it may seem strange that Havelok did not see to the rights of his wife first of all.
And so, when those two rode into our garth, and the gates were closed after them, we reined our horses round them, and drew our swords, and cried the ancient greeting with one mighty shout: "Skoal to Havelok Gunnarsson Skoal to Goldberga, Havelok's wife! Skoal! Yours we are, and for you we will die! Skoal!" Now one would like to tell of quiet days at Grimsby; but they were not to be.
But since I have waited here, Mord has told me the dream that has troubled the princess, that I may tell the priest, so that he can think it over. She has dreamed that she is to wed a man who shall be king both in Denmark and England, and she saw the man, moreover. Strangely like Havelok's dream is that. Now what else made her turn faint but that this vision was like Havelok?
And as he said this, Havelok's face flushed a little, and his brow wrinkled as if he tried to bring back the things of that which he had thought his dream for so long. It would seem that in the years there had grown up a tale that this was a magic horn, which none but the very son of Gunnar could wind, and to the chiefs who saw Havelok now for the first time this was a test to prove him.
And with that Berthun was well content for the time. "Well, then," said I, "see to Havelok's arms, while we get the horses ready, for I want Withelm here." So Havelok and his new man went into the house with his arms, and then I saw Goldberga beckoning to us.
Now that same night, after he had gone to bed, Ubbe awoke about midnight and saw a great light shining from the chamber where Havelok and Goldborough lay. He went softly to the door and peeped in to see what it meant. They were lying fast asleep, and the light was streaming from Havelok's mouth. Ubbe went and called his knights, and they also came in and saw this marvel.
But for once I think that men looked more at her who rode at Havelok's side than at him, goodly and kingly as he was in the war gear.
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