"My lady mother is, I trust, still alive.

But I will not appear at her house, but will take refuge in the forest there.

Cnut, and the archers with him, were all at one time outlaws living there, and I doubt not that there are many good men and true still to be found in the woods.

Others will assuredly join when they learn that Cnut is there, and that they are wanted to strike a blow for my rights.

I shall then bide my time.