So I have even fled suddenly and secretly, and they will hold that she has lured me back again." "It is not altogether for your own safety that you have fled," said Hakon gravely.
"Faith, and so it is not," he answered.

"I had but to lift my finger, and the wearing of the torque would have set me on the throne.

And a mighty uneasy seat that would have been, too! I think my father is used to it, and might have missed the seat.

So I left." "For your father's sake," said Hakon, smiling at him.

"Well, come and help me to not quite so uneasy a realm, and all may be for the best.