Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of AescenduneChapter XXII · SMOOTHER THAN OIL.Reading editionChapter navigation52 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter I · THE DIARY OF FATHER CUTHBERT.Chapter II · "ALFGAR, SON OF ANLAF."Chapter III · THE NIGHT OF ST. BRICE.Chapter IV · THE DANES IN WESSEX.Chapter V · THE TRACKS IN THE FOREST.Chapter VI · THROUGH SUFFERING TO GLORY.Chapter VII · FATHER AND SON.Chapter VIII · FATHER CUTHBERT'S DIARY.Chapter IX · THE CAMP OF THE DANES.Chapter X · CARISBROOKE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.Chapter XI · THE GLEEMAN.Chapter XII · THE MONASTERY OF ABINGDON.Chapter XIII · THE CITY OF DORCHESTER.Chapter XIV · THE SON AND THE FAVOURITE.Chapter XV · FATHER CUTHBERT'S DIARY AT CLIFFTON.Chapter XVI · THE FEAST OF CHRISTMAS.Chapter XVII · FOR HEARTH AND HOME.Chapter XVIII · FATHER CUTHBERT'S DIARY.Chapter XIX · THE ROYAL DEATHBED.Chapter XX · THE MIDNIGHT FLIGHT.Chapter XXI · EDMUND AND CANUTE.Chapter XXII · SMOOTHER THAN OIL.Chapter XXIII · WHO HATH DONE THIS DEED?Chapter XXIV · THE ORDEAL.Chapter XXV · FATHER CUTHBERT'S DIARY.PREFACE.Chapter I · THE DIARY OF FATHER CUTHBERT.Chapter II · "ALFGAR, SON OF ANLAF."Chapter III · THE NIGHT OF ST. BRICE.Chapter IV · THE DANES IN WESSEX.Chapter V · THE TRACKS IN THE FOREST.Chapter VI · THROUGH SUFFERING TO GLORY.Chapter VII · FATHER AND SON.Chapter VIII · FATHER CUTHBERT'S DIARY.Chapter IX · THE CAMP OF THE DANES.Chapter X · CARISBROOKE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.Chapter XI · THE GLEEMAN.Chapter XII · THE MONASTERY OF ABINGDON.Chapter XIII · THE CITY OF DORCHESTER.Chapter XIV · THE SON AND THE FAVOURITE.Chapter XV · FATHER CUTHBERT'S DIARY AT CLIFFTON.Chapter XVI · THE FEAST OF CHRISTMAS.Chapter XVII · FOR HEARTH AND HOME.Chapter XVIII · FATHER CUTHBERT'S DIARY.Chapter XIX · THE ROYAL DEATHBED.Chapter XX · THE MIDNIGHT FLIGHT.Chapter XXI · EDMUND AND CANUTE.Chapter XXII · SMOOTHER THAN OIL.Chapter XXIII · WHO HATH DONE THIS DEED?Chapter XXIV · THE ORDEAL.Chapter XXV · FATHER CUTHBERT'S DIARY.Previous chapter ←Chapter XXI · EDMUND AND CANUTE.Next chapter →Chapter XXIII · WHO HATH DONE THIS DEED?All chapters and sections (52)Opening pagesFront matterChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Other sectionsPREFACE.Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425CHAPTER XXII. SMOOTHER THAN OIL.← CHAPTER XXI. EDMUND AND CANUTE.CHAPTER XXIII. WHO HATH DONE THIS DEED? →