"Here are more butts for Kolgrim," he said, laughing. "Now, King Ranald, I must go to my friends. But I have learned much. I think you must speak with the king before you go, and I will tell him all you have said."
"Maybe we shall meet again," said I, taking his offered hand. "I think I would see Alfred; but he is over wise, from all accounts, to learn aught from me."
"King Alfred says that wisdom comes little by little, and by learning from every one. I belong to the court, and so shall surely meet you if you do come to speak to him."
Then I asked the thane's name.
"Godred men say it is," he answered, laughing; "but that means better counsel than belongs to me."
So he went ashore and joined the thanes, who had gone slowly along the road, and we lost sight of him.
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