That would I have prevented, had I known, but so it was to be, and I had no knowledge of it till long after.

Wulfhere had been called in to give her news while I was with Osric, yet he had not dared to tell her of the thane's death.
All being ready, I mounted that white steed that had been the dead thane's, knowing that in war and haste these things must be taken as they come, and that he was better in Saxon hands than Danish.

Then I gave the word, and we started, Dudda the Collier going by my side, and staring at the prioress and all things round him.
Alswythe turned and looked hard at her aunt as we passed the gates, and I also.

She stood very still on the steps before the great door, with the portress beside her.

There was only the old lay brother in the court beside, and so we left her.