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The girls must be less fair now, or a gallant king will not stay single long." "I could name one fair maid," said Helgi, glancing at the king, but in Estein's eye he saw a warning look. "I have sterner things to think of, jarl," said Estein. "Five days from this I hope to be upon the sea." As he spoke, one of his hird-men came up to the high seat and stopped close beside him.
They were armed men, kept in pay, and were called hird-men or court-men, because they were members of the king's hird or court. Sometimes the earls or kings would make war on their neighbors, either for conquest or revenge. But the time came when the countries of the north, with their poorly developed resources, became overpopulated, and the warriors had to seek other fields abroad.
The whole country has been prepared against our coming, the people told to leave their houses, and the king's own hird-men set as decoys in our path. Can this be the meaning of the Runes?" Yet there was no actual proof of treachery, and he could only watch and listen. And certainly there was noise enough to be heard.
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