When all was as safe as
it could be made, I and my man and four sailors started for the quay,
telling the master that I would return upon the morrow. The wind and
current aiding us, we landed safe and sound and at once I rode back to
Cheapside.
Now, though it is short to tell, all this had taken a long while, also
the way was far to ride in such a storm. Thus it came about that it was
nigh to ten o'clock at night when, thanking God, I dismounted at the
gate of my house and bade the servant take the horses to the stable. As
I drew near the door, it opened, which astonished me and, as the light
within showed, there stood Kari. What astonished me still more, he had
the great sword, Wave-Flame, in his hand, though not drawn, which sword
he must have fetched from where it was kept with the French knight's
armour and the shield that bore three arrows as a cognizance.
Laying his finger on his lips he shut the door softly, then said in a
low voice:
"Master, there is a man up yonder with the lady."
"What man?" I asked.
"That same lord, Master, who came here with her once before to buy
jewels and borrow gold.
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