"No doubt Thorgils will take you at once.

I will have word sent to him at Tenby to stay for you." "Father, you have forgotten," the princess said, somewhat doubtfully, as I thought.
"Nay, but I have not," answered Howel grimly.

"But honest Thorgils is a white heathen, and those Tenby men are black heathen.

He does not come into our quarrels, and will heed me, if they will not." I minded that I had heard of trouble between the Tenby Danes and this prince, and it seemed that he spoke of it again.

However, that I might hear by and by.