I must go." His eyes shone, and it was plain that even had we wished to do so, we could not stay him.

The place of the prince was with his men, and he would return for us.

Gerda smiled at his eagerness, and bade him hasten to return, and so we went to where the boats lay in the sand hills.
The larger had all her gear in her as we left it, and the smaller, which was meant for three only, had but her oars.

We took this latter, as it was easy to get her to the water, and she was all we needed.
"Go and get your arms," I said to Dalfin.

"We will pull round and meet you at the rock where the fishers landed." "Hurry, then," he said, and went his way to the cells in all haste.
More slowly Gerda followed him, and we pushed off and bent to the oars.