"'Tis the doing of yon cat." "You shall come to no harm with us, and your ship shall come back to Bosham shortly.

We have no war with your earl, and all will be well.

Tell them, therefore, that it is thus.

King Cnut is generous to all who fight not against him." When I heard that I began to see why our people went over to his side so readily, and it seemed to me that he was fighting not only with sword, but also with policy.
"Now call your nuns, father," Egil said.
"May I have one word with Redwald first ?" the abbot asked.
"Tell him what you will," Egil answered, and went forward.
He called one of the priests and told him to bid the three nuns come forth.
Then Elfric said to me: "Two of these women are nuns, the third, she who stood by you so well even now--saving your life, moreover--is not.

She is the orphan daughter of a thane, whom her guardians begged me to take to Normandy, finding her a place in the queen's household or in some convent, if that might not be.