I took his sword from the bottom of a boat on deck in which I had set it, and gave it back to him, and he girt it on.
"So that is the end," he said.

"And now I am my own man.

Well, it was a better end than might have been had Hakon waited to see if we came raiding to Norway, as we most certainly should.

Now I can follow Hakon with a light heart, and maybe come to be known as an honest man once more." He said no other word, but turned and went forward.

Bertric looked after him and smiled.
"Hakon has a good follower there," he said.