Thorfinn Blue Scar had no healer. His men tended to his wound but he was, effectively, out of the attack. We gathered out of bow range after his men had bandaged him. "What happened?"There was accusation in his tone. "We were betrayed." The silence showed how stunned they all were. Gunnar asked, "How do you know?" "When we landed we found one of the Danes and he told us. He said they knew we were coming. We were lucky. They did not expect us to divide our forces. Their plan was to trap us against the walls." Eystein said, "Had not Jarl Dragonheart charged great numbers of Danes they would have succeeded." I could see that Thorfinn was weak. Gunnar asked, "Where are the rest of your men?" I waved a hand, "This was but half of the Danes. They chased them. I fear for them." Thorfinn opened his eyes and smiled, "This is my fault. I believed we would come here and teach this pup a lesson." "His father was cunning and he has learned. We were betrayed and that is hard to bear but we deal with that when we get home.
