Most likely he slipped in as the tables were cleared just now.

There was coming and going enough, and we have many strangers here.
"Who is the yellow-haired man ?" "A chapman from the town.

Some shipmaster whom the ealdorman knows." Now, after I was back in my place and the bustle was ended, there fell an uneasy silence, for men knew not if the feast was to go on.
Many of the ladies had gone, with the queen, and Elfrida was there no longer.

But Ina stood up with a fresh cup in his hand, and he smiled and said, while the eyes of all were on him: "Friends, we have seen a strange thing, but you have also seen the deeds of a brave maiden and a ready warrior to whom I am beholden for my life, as is plain enough.

Yet we will not let the wild ways of our western neighbours mar the keeping of our holy tide.