than it had been since he had heard of his father's death, and the
feud awaiting him at home, which forsooth he had deemed would stay
his wanderings a weary while, and therewithal his hopes. But now it
seemed as if he needs must wander, would he, would he not; and so it
was that even this fed his hope; so sore his heart clung to that
desire of his to seek home to those three that seemed to call him
unto them.



CHAPTER V: NOW THEY COME TO A NEW LAND



Three days they drave before the wind, and on the fourth the clouds
lifted, the sun shone out and the offing was clear; the wind had
much abated, though it still blew a breeze, and was a head wind for
sailing toward the country of Langton. So then the master said
that, since they were bewildered, and the wind so ill to deal with,
it were best to go still before the wind that they might make some
land and get knowledge of their whereabouts from the folk thereof.
Withal he said that he deemed the land not to be very far distant.

So did they, and sailed on pleasantly enough, for the weather kept
on mending, and the wind fell till it was but a light breeze, yet
still foul for Langton.

So wore three days, and on the eve of the third, the man from the
topmast cried out that he saw land ahead; and so did they all before
the sun was quite set, though it were but a cloud no bigger than a