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As it was he
looked at them steadily for a moment, then with a half-smile waved his
the throne was placed well.html">well.html">well out toward the water, Knut seated himself
out his hand to the waters and said,
"Back! I, Knut the Great, command thee. Back!"
Never a word replied the sea, but still the unceasing tide crept
eddies landward, and splashed ever so gently under the royal chair;
have been wet. Then said the King, grimly smiling,
"It is well my men have proved their worth as captains, and need not
for many days. But to Ulf he made presents of value.html">value.
Then said Ulf, with a rueful laugh,
"King Knut, I had deemed I had at least one thing worth offering as a
hide, tanned with the head on, and in the cleft of it still stood the
discomposure, for in his hall lay stretched a wealth of just such
able to know its worth? It _is_ a gift.html">gift for a King!" and Ulf was
especially valuable gift to the Minster of Crowland, he could think.html">think of
twelve Apostles. I like to believe that one of them had a deep cleft
knew the value of a good steel weapon too well to give _that_ away,
handed down till Harold of England owned it, and with it he cut to
to the King whose guest or prisoner he was--for at the time he was a
holes that I think the axe that did it must indeed have been of Star,
with him for a space.
At last the time came for Knut to return to England, the. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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