It seemed a long time before they were there and talking to him.
"Ho, Oswald!" Their voices came cheerfully enough, and I looked down at them.
"There seem to be clefts here and there, and in one of those he must needs be," they said.

"We are going to the village to get a cragsman with a rope, and will be with you anon." There was at least hope in that, and I watched them ride swiftly away.

The ravens were gathering fast now, knowing that what fell from above must needs be their prey, and two great eagles were wheeling high overhead, waiting.

I heard the kites screaming to one another from above the eagles, and from the woods came the call of the buzzards.

They knew more than I.
Now the ealdorman could not bring Elfrida round, and he thought it best to take her hence.