And over there princes are thick as blackberries, and as poor as the brambles that bear them." "Aye, and as prickly," said Dalfin.

"Have you learned that also ?" The men laughed.

One of them said that the Irishman's Danish speech was not bad, and that it was a pity-- "So it is," Asbiorn put in hastily.

"I will speak to my father." The old chief was back with his crew, settling the sharing of the plunder.

His son took him aside, and their talk was long; and, as it seemed, not altogether peaceful.