It is his saying that he had no trouble in getting into the place, but more in climbing out.
Now we called the good news to some of our people and the villagers who were on the road below, and they broke into cheers as they heard it.

They could hardly believe that the man they had seen on the edge just now was Erpwald himself.

Then we went down to the village, meeting the men with the ropes halfway, and so came to the first houses of the street, where the ealdorman was standing outside one of the better sort.

He came to meet us, and I never saw anything like the look on his face when he saw Erpwald and heard his cheerful greeting.

I told him how things ended.
"I have given a lot of trouble, as it seems" Erpwald said humbly; "but I could not help it." "Trouble!" said the ealdorman.