Some were fled, but more were dead, for, once at grips, the Northman showed no mercy to the Greek.

Back we came, those who were left of us, for many, perhaps a hundred, were not, and formed a ring round the women and the wounded.
"Well done, Olaf," said Heliodore; but Irene only looked at me with a kind of wonder in her eyes.
Now the leaders of the Northmen began to talk among themselves, but although from time to time they glanced at me, they did not ask me to join in their talk.

Presently Jodd came forward and said in his slow voice: "Olaf Red-Sword, we love you, who have always loved us, your comrades, as we have shown you to-night.

You have led us well, Olaf, and, considering our small numbers, we have just won a victory of which we are proud.

But our necks are in the noose, as yours is, and we think that in this case our best course is to be bold.