dice and dangerous men

i got m'coin all stolen in that Pony. All done afore my eyes an' all... so I aint complainin'... done well too, it was. Olver, Wolt and that Rose lass, they cleaned me out proper. Heh. still, Olvar kept buying the ale... so I reckon I drank more coin than i actually lost. An' he bought me a room too. So... in truth, I won! I wager they wished they'd worked on a lass with more coin, though. I suppose I played cos i was bored, interestin' to see what tricks they were using. Saw bearn Wolfs-bane again... he gave me a pouch of coin, so's Bawde won't give me a slap for losing all m'coin at dice. Bearn wolfs-bane is a good man, I say. I got talking to that big man [faustino], the one with the odd hair and voice. Allus looks like he's about ter eat yer, or shout at yer, like the whole world is there to be glared at - a bit like my old Gammer when his piles were bad an' he couldn't sit on his horse. Eh but... Eorls glorious titties... I heard him telling an aelf to leave! Truely, he just looked at 'em all hard eyed and just... told 'em. I ain't seen anyone try an' tell an aelf what to do. I thought, oooo... trouble, trouble a-coming, and here's me sitting alongside him, Steora y'bloody fool.. the she-wicce started staring at me... I'll tell yer I dursn't look at her, cover my ears so's she can't use her magic voice... and then, up he speaks, and tells her! I bought him a pint. Man like him is good to know, i reckon. I think we should take him with us when we go after the real Aelf-wicce.