And he has carved a wondrous oaken shrine for the remains of our martyred king, whereon lies the bracelet that Ingvar sent in token that Eadmund had conquered him who was his slayer.
How fared Ingvar I know not, for soon the incoming tide of Danes slackened, and I heard no news of him; and, as he said, never did he set foot on English shores again.
Egfrid and Eadgyth are happy in their place at Hoxne, and on them at least has fallen no shadow of misfortune from that which came of their passing over the Bridge of the Golden Spurs--the Golden Bridge as our folk call it now.
Yet it needed no words of Ingvar's to keep the memory of that day's work alive in the minds of our people.

Never so long as the Gold Brook flows beneath that bridge will a bridal pass churchwards over its span, for there, but for such a crossing, Eadmund the king might have bided safely till Ingvar the Dane had passed and gone.
Little use is there in grieving over what might have been, but this I know, that in days to come forgotten will be Ingvar, and English will have become his mighty host, but in every English heart will live the name of Eadmund, who died for faith and country.
NOTES.
i Ran: the sea goddess or witch of the old mythology, by whose nets drowning men were said to be entangled.
ii The Jarl ranked next to the king, and was often equally powerful.

Our English title "Earl" is derived from this.
iii A small wharf.
iv A lay brother of the monastery of Hackness, near Whitby, who rendered the Sacred Histories into verse about A.D.

680.
v Now Whitby.

The present name was given by the Danish settlers.
vi As if under the shadow of coming death.
vii The Viking ship of war, or "long ship".
viii The usual Scandinavian and Danish greeting: "Health".
ix After expulsion from his bishopric of York by King Egfrid.
x Mail shirt.
xi The fine allowed as penalty for killing an adversary in a quarrel, or by mischance.