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Updated: June 19, 2025
Were I to show myself though, indeed, I would willingly face that man and fight with him to the death he would be moved to wrath, and, slaying me, he would not rest any the more in his designs." "I will adventure it, my son," said the abbot solemnly. "God be with you, holy father," added Kenric, crossing himself.
With the help of the ropes that the men of Ranza had brought to bind the deer upon their ponies' backs, first Kenric, then the dead stag, and lastly Allan Redmain, were taken off the rock. The two hounds were, however, lost. Saving for a few bruises and scratches, neither Kenric nor Allan had received much hurt.
I swear it now, Kenric by our holy faith I swear that if Roderic of Gigha has indeed slain our father, then Roderic shall die by my hand!" "Will such vengeance give back the life that has been taken?" asked Kenric solemnly. "Will vengeance restore to our dear mother the happiness that she now has lost?
On the beach a vigorous engagement took place. The Norsemen scrambled on board from one vessel to its companions alongside. Kenric, followed by Aasta and a crowd of their Scots, waded deep into the water, still pressing behind the men of Jura and Islay. They even climbed upon the first galleys' decks, and there stood fighting for many minutes.
There was a great sword cut across his cheek, but his strong arms waved about him unceasingly, smiting down at every blow one of the fair-haired warriors of the North. Then Kenric joined in the fray, swinging his trusty blade to right, to left, and forcing his way to Allan's side, where he stood his ground over the dead body of Sir Piers de Currie.
Olaf I will slay every man in your ship. As to the lord of Bute, I will haul him up by a rope's end to your masthead!" "So ho!" said Kenric, "methinks, Sir Piers, that this little dog might now have a chain about his pretty neck. What say you?" Sir Piers then ordered one of his men to take the lad below and keep strict guard over him.
Now young Harald of Islay having warned the people of Colonsay of the approach of the invaders, bade his men take him at once to the isle of Coll, whither, as it chanced, Earl Sweyn the Silent had gone, and there the lad told the same tale of how Kenric of Bute was bent upon making conquest of the isles, yet breathing no word of how King Alexander had ordered the expedition.
"He was a viking, who, though he loved me passing well, was ever on the sea, roving and fighting in his great ship." "Whosoever you be, Aasta, and whencesoever you came," said Kenric, "I now declare you to be free of your bondage.
Of all his nurses, Kenric loved best that Ailsa should thus come to him, for she was as a very gentle and sweet sister, and never did the Gaelic words sound so musical as when spoken by her rosy lips; never did sunlight shine more brightly than the light that shone in her beautiful eyes. So the weeks went on; the autumn passed into winter, and soon all the land was white with deep snow.
Wet and weary after his escape from his pursuers, and smarting sorely of his many wounds, he passed through the forest glades and emerged at the point where, on the evening before, Kenric had entered. As he skirted the lands of Kilmory he saw a herd of shaggy long-horned cattle browsing there, with many sheep and goats.
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