The earl glanced at me, and so plainly was it written in my face that I had seen somewhat awesome, that he gazed at me in amaze.
And I rose up and said:
"Let me go hence--I will see no more."
And I was staggering to the doorway; but Wulfnoth grasped my arm and stayed me, saying:
"Bide here and say what you have seen--if it is aught."
"Ask me not, earl," I answered.
Then the dame spoke in her slow, soft voice.
"What banner saw you? Say that much, Redwald."
"The banner that flies from Pevensea walls--the banner that bears a fighting warrior for its sign."
"Ha!" said Wulfnoth; "was it well or ill with that banner?"