I have been told of men who would try to win the treasure from a mound where one was buried, and died with fear of what he met with there." "Such an one deserved it," said Bertric quietly; "but we seek no treasure, nor would rob the dead.

No doubt the wrath of Heaven lies hard on one who does so.

Yet all this time we do not know if we are right or not." "Let it be," said I.
"I do not think that we should," Dalfin said.

"For if you are right--and you are a Norseman, and know--while it seems about the only possible reading of what has puzzled us--then we must needs sail to the Norway shore that the men of the chief may know what has happened, and either lay him in mound, or see this better carried out." "Aye," said Bertric, "Dalfin is right.

By chance we have been set in charge of this ship--maybe not at all by chance--that we may see honour done at last.