CHAPTER XXVII

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EDWIN AND ELGIVA.

Edwin's marriage with Elgiva--Odo, the Danish archbishop-- St. Dunstan--His early life--He becomes delirious--His intellectual attainments--His persecution--He falls in love --Is dissuaded from marriage by the bishop, Ælfheag--He is again attacked with sickness--Recovers, and becomes a monk-- Lives in a narrow cell--Absurdity of his rumoured interviews with the Evil One--His high connexions--Analysis of his character--Dunstan's rude attack upon King Edwin, after the banquet--Dunstan again driven from court--Remarks on his conduct--Elgiva is cruelly tortured, and savagely murdered by the command of Odo, the archbishop of Canterbury--Dunstan recalled from his banishment--Supposed murder of Edwin p. 227

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