At length he yielded; though he seems to have been induced to yield, not by the value of the offered gift, but by compassion for the urgency of the distress which the offer of it indicated, for he put the ring back into Ulf's hand, saying that he would not take any thing from him, but he would try to save him.
Instead, however, of undertaking the apparently hopeless enterprise of conducting Ulf to the Severn, he took him to his father's cottage and concealed him there.

During the day they formed plans for journeying together, not to the ships in the Severn, but to the Danish camp.

They were to set forth as soon as it was dark.

When the evening came and all was ready, and they were about to commence their dangerous journey, the old peasant, Godwin's father, with an anxious countenance and manner, gave Ulf this solemn charge: "This is my _only_ son.

In going forth to guide you under these circumstances, he puts his life at stake, trusting to your honor.