CHAPTER IV.
THE RESCUE IN THE BAY."That you sha'n't," replied Vagn. "We may be blown out to sea or captured by Eirik or Hakon; there is no telling. You are safe here."
Astrid's eyes flashed, and she cried, angrily, "I say I will go! If we are taken, I will be just as safe; and you two can handle a small boat in any sea."
"But, Astrid," objected Sigurd, in dismay, "at best it will take us three days, and—"
"So much the more need of another person. Now say no more." She set her mouth determinedly, and Vagn's opposition vanished in a peal of laughter.
"Come on," he cried gayly; "I would rather fight a dozen Norsemen than try to oppose you! We'll go down to the harbor now and see about a boat."
"You seem to think it is no more than a matter of picking out a boat and raising the sail," la
