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"Too late!" muttered Guttorm bitterly, as he looked back; "we are pursued, and must hold on." "Not so," answered one of his chief men; "that is Solve Klofe's ship." "Is that so?" cried Guttorm, while the colour mounted to his pale cheek, and the fire shone in his old eyes; "then have I better luck than I had looked for. Quick, get to land! The breeze that brings Solve down will reach us soon.
When, however, they got round the next point, and found that no pursuit was made, they slackened speed and began to heave out the dead, when Guttorm, who reclined near the helm, steering the vessel, ordered them to desist. "My men," said he, in a voice which had already lost much of its deep richness of tone, "we will land on the next point. My days are run out.
And she commanded him to go into the chamber where Sigurd slept and stab him through the body with a sword. This Guttorm did. But Sigurd, before he gasped out his life, took Gram, his great sword, and flung it at Guttorm and cut him in twain. And Brynhild, knowing what deed was done, went without and came to where Grani, Sigurd's proud horse, was standing.
"What do you call them?" asked Olaf. "Ships of war," said the boy. "Good lad," answered the king; "the day will come when you will command real ships." Calling the boys to him, he asked Guttorm, the oldest, what he most wished for. "Land," said the boy. "How much?" "Enough to sow as much grain every summer as would cover the headland yonder." Ten large farms covered the headland in question.
Solve rose at once, and, applying a light to the pile, leaped ashore. Next moment the cables were cut; the brushwood crackled with a fierce noise as the fire leaped up and the "ocean steed" bounded away over the dark blue sea. Guttorm was still seated by the helm, his face pale as death, but with a placid smile on his mouth, and a strange, almost unearthly, fire in his eyes.
"Guttorm shall we Get for the slaying, Our younger brother Bare of wisdom; For he was out of All the oaths sworn, All the oaths sworn, And the plighted troth." Easy to rouse him Who of naught recketh! Deep stood the sword In the heart of Sigurd.
Yea, and they took a certain worm and somewhat of wolf's flesh and let seethe them together, and gave him to eat of the same, even as the singer sings "Fish of the wild-wood, Worm smooth crawling, With wolf-meat mingled, They minced for Guttorm; Then in the beaker, In the wine his mouth knew, They set it, still doing More deeds of wizards.
He then called the other two, and asked Guttorm what he would like best to have. "Corn land," said he. "And how great wouldst thou like thy corn land to be?" "And what wouldst thou like best?" he asked of Halfdan. "Cows," said the boy. "How many wouldst thou like to have?" "So many, that when they went to the lake to drink, they should stand as tight round the lake as they could stand."
The combatants first threw their spears and javelins, and then drew their swords and went at each other in the greatest fury. In the centre Haldor and Erling went together in advance of their banner, cutting down on both sides of them. Old Guttorm Stoutheart went in advance of the right wing, also hewing down right and left.
Meanwhile Ulf, Haldor, Guttorm, and other chief men held a rapid consultation, as they stood and watched the assembling of the men of the district. It was evident that the split arrow had done its duty.
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