"We have no men to man her withal," he said.
"We have men to sail her to Norway, and there wait the men to fight for us," Hakon answered gaily.

"We shall meet no foes on the high seas, and we have met a queen whose men will hail us as their best friends." Thoralf shrugged his shoulders and laughed.

"None can say that you fare forward sadly, Hakon." "This is the worse of the two ships," Bertric said.

"The other is Heidrek's own.

He is not here.