It was said that they were heathen, worshipping the same gods whom our forefathers had worshipped, and were akin to ourselves, with a tongue not unlike our own at all, and easy to be understood by us.

Also they had fought the Welsh, as we had to fight them; but one heard of them only as strangers who had naught to do with us Saxons.
"Well, then," my cousin said, "suppose these are more of the northern folk." "If they are, they will have come to trade," I said lightly.

"But they will more likely be men from the land across this sea--men from the land of the Franks, such as we saw at Winchester the other day." "Maybe, maybe," he said.

"We shall see presently." So we rode on.

I dare say we had four miles to go before we came to the outskirts of Weymouth village, and by that time the ships were in the haven.