Moreover, Einar was wont to say that I seemed five years older from that day forward.
We went no more to the place of the mound, for it seemed to need no care of earthly hands.

Nor were any wishing to go to so awesome a place, and we left the firth next day, for the men waxed uneasy there.
But on that day Einar gave me the great ship that we had taken from Halfdan, the king's son, saying that he would add to Sigurd's giving.

Also he bade me choose what men I would for her crew, bidding me thank him not at all, for I was his foster son, and a king by birth moreover.
So when I knew that this would please him, I chose Thord for my shipmaster, and Kolgrim for marshal, as we call the one who has charge of the ordering of the crew.

And I chose a hundred good men whom I knew well, so that indeed I had the best ship and following in Norway, as I thought.

At least there were none better, unless Harald Fairhair might match me.
Now there was one thing that pleased me not at this time, and that was that Kolgrim, my comrade, never called me aught but "master" since I came from Sigurd's presence--which is not the wont of our free Norsemen with any man.