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I had not seen Hubba since we first closed in, and then he had been a little to the right of where we struck his line, under a golden banner, whereon was a raven broidered, that hung motionless in the still morning air. Presently the Danish onslaught slackened.
"I have suffered for not being near to help him, lady," I said. "There is a thing that you know not yet," said Hubba. "This Wulfric was the man who took Father from the breakers." Then the maiden smiled at me, though her eyes were full of tears, and she asked me: "How will they bury him in your land? In honour?" "I have a brother-in-law who will see to that," I said.
xii "If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head." xiii Martyrdom of St. Edmund, King of East Anglia. This saintly king fought against the Danes, under Hinguar and Hubba, in defence of his country.
And I was confident, knowing this, that the death of one for the faith is often the greatest victory. So I said: "I thank you, Jarl. I will fight willingly for my faith." "Fight for what you like," said Ingvar, "but make haste over it." Then Hubba and Guthrum placed me at one side of the square, and Rorik at the opposite.
So they bore me far, and at last left me in a farm where they promised all should be safe if they tended me well. And Hubba rode with them, and came to bid me farewell. But I could not speak to him if I would, so he went away sadly.
"Faith," answered the Saxon, with a grim smile, "I cannot tell when the war began, for that was when the first Danes came to the English shores. But if you mean the trouble that is on hand now, it is easily told. Ten years has this host been in England coming first with Ingvar and Halfden and Hubba, the three sons of Lodbrok. Ingvar has gone away, and Guthrum takes his place.
"Pray, therefore, that for it I may be forgiven hereafter," he said, and that I promised him. Then he spoke faintly, so that Hubba bade Raud give him strong drink, and that brought his strength back a little. "I took your arrows at Thetford, and I followed you to Reedham.
Sad she looked, and she wore no gold on arm or neck, doubtless because of the certainty of the great jarl's death; and when she saw that Hubba beckoned to her, she came towards us, and Ingvar set down the great axe whose edge he was feeling. "Go back to your bower, sister," he said; "we have work on hand." And he spoke sternly, but not harshly, to her.
But Ingvar looked at Beorn fixedly, and the man shrank away from his gaze. "How did he die, is what I would know?" he said sternly. "Let the man to whom Halfden and Lodbrok gave these gifts tell us presently. We have enough ill news for the time. Surely we knew that the jarl was dead, and it is ours but to learn how;" said Hubba. "How know you that these men slew not both?"
Here is one who withstood Hubba, and round the walls watch Christian men who have beaten us sturdily." Then he stayed his words for a little, and his voice sank, and he looked round and added: "Moreover, the words of the new faith are good. I will accept King Alfred's brotherhood altogether."
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