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Updated: June 28, 2025
"The birds are in the snare, and hark! they sing," said the thrall; "now bring rocks and be silent." But Gizur and his people, having learned that Eric and Skallagrim were alone upon the mountain, pushed on. "We have not much to fear from two men," said Gizur. "That we shall learn presently," answered Swanhild. "I tell thee this, that I saw strange sights last night, though I did not sleep.
Then Swanhild remembered Jon and the other man whom she had seen riding to the booth, and she told Gizur of them. "Now," she said, "we will snare these birds, and perchance they will twitter tidings when we squeeze them." So they turned and rode for the booth, and drawing near, they saw two horses grazing without.
Now she spoke thus truthfully, and by chance, as it were, not as driving Gizur on to slay Eric for, now that Gudruda was dead, she was in two minds as to this matter, since, if she might, she still desired to take Eric to herself but meaning that while Eric lived she would wed no other man. But Gizur took it otherwise.
If thou didst slay Gudruda as thou tellest, say, how come Gudruda's blood on Whitefire's blade? How did it chance, Gizur, that thou heldest Whitefire in thy hand and not thine own sword?
On Mosfell Eric found four of his own men, two of whom had been among those that the people of Gizur and Swanhild had driven from Gudruda's ship before they fired her. For no fight had been made on the ship. There also he found Jon, who had been loosed from his bands in the booth by one who heard his cries as he rode past.
"I would go, if I might go!" answered Gizur; "but I am bound to thee for good or evil, since it is fated that I shall wed thee." "Thou wilt never wed me while Eric lives," said Swanhild.
Her heart was sore, but she must follow her ill-nature, and so she had put out her woman's strength and beguiled Gizur into loving her. But she did not love him at all, and the temper of Asmund the Priest was so angry that Gizur dared not ask her in marriage. So nothing was said of the matter. Now Unna came to Coldback, to dwell with Saevuna, Eric's mother, and she was a fair and buxom woman.
'The arm that drew in that shaft had a ring on it a gold ring such as Gunnar wears, said he, 'and if they had not shot away their own arrows they would not be needing ours; and with that he urged them to make a fresh attack. 'Let us set the house on fire, said Mord, but Gizur answered him hotly, and bade him find out some other plan.
In a moment a man's body fell upon the ground below. 'Well, is Gunnar at home? said Gizur, and Thorgrim the Easterling answered: 'Go and see for yourselves; but if Gunnar is not at home, his bill is, and those were his last words, for the thrust had been mortal. It hardly seemed possible that one man could keep such a force at bay, but wherever they went Gunnar's arrows followed them.
They were terrible to see, and the light shone brightly on Eric's golden hair and Whitefire's flashing blade, and the shadows lay dark on the black helm of Skallagrim and in the fierce black eyes beneath. Back surged Gizur and those with him. Skallagrim would have sprung upon them, but Eric caught him by the arm, saying: "A truce to thy Baresark ways. Rush not and move not!
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