Reversus

Harold sails home to England — same wind, same salt on the gunwale — but with freight in the hold no one loaded. He carries an oath he cannot keep across water that does not care.

The Return

A heavier reprise of the sea figure from 'Mare Navigavit', the crossing darkened by everything that happened between.

Note

HIC HAROLD DUX REVERSUS EST AD ANGLICAM TERRAM. He goes home a king-in-waiting and a perjurer-in-waiting at once.