"Tell Hakon this yourself if you will." He shrugged his shoulders at that and glanced round him.
"If it were not for you two I doubt if Hakon would not have been fallen on by this time," he said.

"There are boats enough, hidden in the village from Heidrek, which can be brought out at any moment." He was speaking in the Dansk, but suddenly took to the Erse with some words or other of common farewell, as a tall Irish chief passed with a scowl at us.
"Jealousies through and through this court," he said quickly, when the man was out of hearing.

"Already some pretend to be wroth with me for having any dealing with Lochlannoch at all.

I am the youngest son, and my father favours me, more's the pity." "Better quit it all, and come and help Hakon to the throne," I said.
"If it were not for my father," he answered.
So then and there he bade us farewell, with messages to Gerda and Hakon, and called some of his own men to see us to the ship.

We left him standing in the gate, looking after us somewhat sadly, as we thought.
"Now," said Bertric, "it seems to me that one may guess why Dalfin went to sea to find adventure.