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I laughed, for he had heard Ottar jesting about the fair maid at Penhurst more than once. "No," I answered. "She has been crossing her lover, and he is in dudgeon for a while that is all." "I am glad," he said. "Asked you aught of Uldra?" "I have not spoken of it to her." "Is that so?" said Olaf, smiling. "Now she is likely to have more than common interest in you, for one reason or another."
Afterwards Bjorn took for himself all the land between Staff-river and Lavafirth, and abode in the place that ever after was called Bjornhaven. Their sons were Ottar and Kjallak, whose son was Thorgrim, the father of Fight-Styr and Vemund, but the daughter of Kjallak was named Helga, who was the wife of Vestar of Eyr, son of Thorolf "Bladder-skull," who settled Eyr.
In any case, I thought I should be carrying out Antony's wishes if I paid an official visit to-day, which I did, and was entertained regardless of expense, garlands, ottar, paun and all. The old boy is a regular brick, for now grow green with envy he has invited me to go a-hunting with him to-morrow.
I heard him even now," I answered. "Let us go back, my king. There is nought here." "Aye, we will go back now," he said. "But Ottar is before me." "Listen," I said, "the scald is behind us. I lost him in the dark." "Nay, but I heard him in front of me even as you came," the king said.
Finding herself ready for bed, the young lady arose, and followed her maid into an adjoining apartment. The lace bar was held up, while she laid herself upon the luxurious couch, and Minny arranged the scented pillow beneath the fair young head. "Anything more, Miss?" "No, Minny; yet stay! That dear little note, hand it to me; and the bottle of ottar of roses."
For Ottar the scald had come to seek me with the first sign of open weather, bringing also many gifts of Danish spoil for Relf and his household, and many words of thanks also. So in two days' time I parted from Relf and his people, not without sorrow. Nor could I say all that I would to them of my thoughts of what I owed them for their care.
"Fix in your minds the shame that was spoken of Biorn Herjulfsson because of his lack of enterprise. The same shall not be said of us. Rolf Erlingsson and Ottar the Red and three others shall follow me; and we will walk inland until the light has entirely faded from the highest mountain peak yonder, and the next point below is yellow as a golden fir-cone.
In former times this would have been the most feasible thing imaginable, for Lord Delacour used to detest the sight of Clarence Hervey, whom he considered as the successor of Colonel Lawless in his lady's favour; but his opinion and his feelings had been entirely changed by the perusal of those letters, which were perfumed with ottar of roses: even this perfume had, from that association, become agreeable to him.
Then the king stared at me and at Ottar for a moment in amazement, and then laughed until the woods rang again, and I and the scald were fain to join him. Never had I heard such sounds before in that haunted place. "Now, Ottar," he said, when he could speak again, "never say more that you fear troll, or nix, or ghost for you have done what you told me but half an hour ago was most unwise."
Now on the evening before we sailed Olaf the king was restless, and silent beyond his wont at the feasting before departure, and he seemed to take little pleasure even in the songs of Ottar the scald, though the men praised them loudly. I thought it likely that some foreboding was on him, and that is no good sign before a fight. So presently I spoke to Rani, asking him if aught ailed the king.
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