"Come on board if you will, but on my word it is hardly worth your while.

We left in too great a hurry to bring much with us." "Whence are you, then, and whither bound ?" "From Mercia, by way of Southampton, and bound anywhere out of the way of Quendritha the queen.

We had a mind to go to Carl the king, but any port in a storm!" "Well," said Thorleif, laughing, "I am coming on board.

That must be a terrible dame of whom you speak, if she has set the fear of death on a warrior such as you seem to be." Then he bade the men haul on the cable, and the ships drew together slowly.

I had to leave the deck, being in the way of the men, and Ecgbert did not see me, as far as I could tell.
Thorleif and his men boarded the prize over her bows and went aft, Ecgbert going with them.