I had heard naught but good of her, at all events, and I will say now that all I had heard was true.

There could be no sweeter maiden in all the land than she.

I heard the same good words of her only brother, Ecgfrith, and I suppose that those two bore more likeness to their mighty father than to the queen.
All this half-stifled talk of untold ill from Quendritha lay heavy on my mind; and it came to me that Sighard was a true man, and that to him I might tell the tale Thrond told me.

I must share that secret with some one who might, if he deemed it wise, warn King Ethelbert in such sort that he should beware of her, now and hereafter.

So after a little while I said: "Thane, I have heard that Quendritha came ashore--" "Ay," he said sharply, looking round him.