"Still it remains for Malcolm to win her home back for his bride that shall be, though that may be easy." Then he, too, spoke words of kindness to us both, and they were good to hear; until at last he would tell us news which had come from Thrandheim for himself, and that also was of the best.
The land had risen for him at the first sound of his name.

Eric was far away to the south and east, in the Wick, fighting with men who would not bow to him, and all went well.

The ships would go up to the ancient town on the morning's tide.
"But now," he said, "I have no one to send with Gerda, for Thoralf will take his wife and daughter with us.

Will she wait here for the winter, or will she sail, as once before, with you two to serve and guard her ?" "Let us sail at once, King Hakon," she said, laughing.

"It would be impossible for me to wish for better care than that I have learned to value most of all." "Nay, but you shall be better attended at this time," Hakon said, smiling.
And so in the end we learned that the matter had already been arranged in all haste, for they had found two maidens to attend Gerda, and the rough after cabin of the ship had been made somewhat more fitting for her by the time we sailed in the morning.
Now we took Gerda back to Thoralf's wife, and thence I fled with Bertric to the ship, there being more to say than I cared to listen to.