"Knowest thou Master Rollo?" he asks. "Of those that call themselves Northmen. Once had we met and did not-- we did not accord peacefully." They hit each other. Is what that means. "But some days, or a week past he did come into the bar all bloodied, and told of men who did seize upon the absence of the men from his village to set upon the women and children that did remain."

"It was a fight lost ere it was begun," he adds with a scowl. "And a true shame 'tis, that men should profit by such sneaking cowardice. 'twas Rollo's aim only to see the citizens to safety, and this was mostly done-- but I could wish we had had time and power to see these men paid in kind for their vile cruelty."