Then the ship took the water.

I heard men leap on board her, and the sail was hoisted.

One cried that the chief would have a fitting funeral after all, Heidrek or no Heidrek; and another said that the treasure Heidrek sought would be lost to him.
I heard the creak of the yard, and I felt the ship swing to the wind, and then the men went over the side, and there was silence.
Only from the shore after a little space came a great cry, 'Skoal to King Thorwald, and farewell!' and with that the war horns blew fiercely, and the battle cry rang again.

Then came the terrible stifling smoke, and I knew that Arnkel had thus rid himself of me.
"Presently I freed myself from the gag and the bonds, and tried to beat down the end of the house, but I could not.

I took an axe from the wall, feeling for it in the darkness, but I waxed faint and breathless, and the roof is low and I could not use it.