The boy, Ulf, didn't see anything of Fitz-Urse, but after a few days of watching by the gate where Fitz-Urse would be likely to leave by, he saw him and followed him to the rivers edge.
There, Fitz-Urse met with some men who talked with him in the Norman language from their boat. Ulf didn't understand Norman and so he was not able to gather any more information beyond the fact that Fitz-Urse was up to something.
To prevent this from happening again without him being able to know what they said, Ulf decided to ask Ulred (Osgod's father) to help him find someone who knew Norman. (Ulf couldn't ask Wulf or Osgod to help him because they were away with the king.) Ulred thought about the problem and decided that the best man to help who was loyal to the king and to Wulf and who knew Norman would be Beorn.
Beorn was glad to help and together with Ulf they were able to find out where the people were hiding that had talked to Fitz-Urse. They were in a boat in the bay, but were stuck and unable to get out because of the weather.
Finally when the weather got better the boat set sail with Fitz-Urse in it. Ulf, Ulred and Beorn decided to go and warn Wulf and Osgod so they could keep the king safe, as the men were probably heading for the king to kill him. Ulred and Ulf rode on a boat to get to Wulf, and Beorn took his horse and raced to get there as fast as he could.
Ulred and Ulf got there first and told Wulf what had happened. Wulf said that he would think of a plan to save the king and they all went to bed.
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