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"In the name of our Lord the King, and of our good lord and trusty leader Sir Wulfric de Talbot, we summon this castle to surrender on pain of fire and sword and no quarter. Do ye surrender?" "No" bawled Robert; "of course we don't! Never, Never, NEVER!" The man answered back "Then your fate be on your own heads." "Cheer," said Robert in a fierce whisper.
Then he told me that ever as he began to sleep he saw Osritha his sister, and she was pale and wrung her hands, saying: 'Now am I alone, and there is none to help me, for Halfden and Wulfric are far away, and I fear Ingvar and his moods'. Then said I, 'That is true enough.
It was hard to see why Wulfric should not have found friends; as he was simply a small holder, or squire, driven out of house and land, and turned adrift on the wide world, for the offence of having fought in Harold's army at the battle of Hastings.
"Little care I for your long spear and short sword, friend Wulfric," he said; "it seems to me that you must needs shorten the one and lengthen the other before you can be held well armed. And your bow is weak, and you have no axe." For I had asked him what he thought of our Saxon weapons, else would he not have spoken so plainly.
"Ever as Wulfric and I escaped from the vengeance of Ingvar towards Hedeby I wondered that one should be strong enough to defy the Asir and their godar for the sake of the new faith. So I sat in the church of Ansgar among the other heathen and heard somewhat. And again in London of late, where Guthrum will have no man harmed for his religion, I have listened and learnt more.
'And thou deemest that it is the spells of the enchanter whom thou hast angered that have lent strength to the besieging party, said the gallant leader; 'but know thou that Wulfric de Talbot needs no enchanter's aid to lead his followers to victory. 'No, I'm sure you don't, said Robert, with hasty courtesy; 'of course not you wouldn't, you know.
Now I called to Thormod, and his voice answered me from shoreward. "Here am I, Wulfric. How have you sped?" "Some of us are left, but no foemen," I answered. "Call your names," he said. And when we counted I had but sixteen left of my thirty, so heavy had been the fighting. Yet I thought that the Jomsburgers were two to our one as we fell on them, and of them was not one left.
And so saying, I being nearest to him, the king turned me round with his strong hands, and scanned my rough, wet garments and fur cap. "Truly, son Wulfric," he cried, laughing, "I think these things suit you as well as war gear, and better than court finery, in this dim light at least. Now let me see the thane himself."
"Nay, Jarl," I answered, "I would not take so loving a hawk from her master, and over all our manors you may surely fly her." "See you there!" cried Beorn, with a sort of delight, not heeding my last words, "Wulfric will not have her! Now will you sell?"
Then can I say to a Dane, 'Thus says Wulfric, Lodbrok's friend, and to an Anglian, 'So says the Thane of Reedham. Then I think I shall do well, for I would fain be fair." "I will ever be ready to do that, Guthrum," I said; and I held out my hand to him, for I could not help it. So he took it and wrung it warmly. "Now must I go back to Thetford very soon," he said.
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