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When he heard this, Thiostolf only smiled and said nothing, but got ready to go with Glum and his men, to seek after the sheep. After long searchings they found many of those that were missing, and he sent some of his men one way and some another, till at length by chance he and Thiostolf were left alone.
But before they were in sight Swan cried to Thiostolf, 'Oswif is coming, but we need fear nothing, they will never see us, and he took a goatskin and wrapped it round his head, and said to it: 'Be thou darkness and fog, and fright and wonder, to those who seek us. And immediately a thick fog and black darkness fell over all things, and Oswif and his men lost their way, and tumbled off their horses and tripped over large stones, till Oswif resolved to give up seeking Thiostolf and Swan, and to go himself to Hauskuld.
After that he took the road back to Varmalek, and found Hallgerda sitting in front of the door. Her eyes fell instantly on the bloody axe, and Thiostolf saw this and said hastily: 'Glum, your husband, is slain. 'Then it is by your hand, she answered. 'Yes, it is, said Thiostolf, and added after a moment's pause: 'What is best to be done now?
At this Glum was greatly angered, and, seeking Hallgerda, he told her what had happened, adding as he did so: 'I will not have Thiostolf here any longer. Then Hallgerda waxed very wrathful, and she upheld Thiostolf in his ill doing. At last the patience of Glum gave way, and he struck her a blow in the face, and crying, 'Words are wasted on you, went off to his own business.
At length, Glum taunted Thiostolf with being a thrall, and from that blows quickly followed. Both men drew their axes, but Thiostolf struck so hard at Glum that he rolled dead upon the ground. At the sight of Glum lying dead at his feet, Thiostolf's wrath cooled somewhat. He stooped and covered Glum's body with stones, and took a gold ring from his finger.
And when the marriage was over, she rode home with her husband Thorwald, and Thiostolf her foster-father was ever at her side, and she talked more to him than to Thorwald. And there he stayed all the winter. Now, as time went on, Thorwald began to repent that he had not hearkened to the words of his father.
There was a great company in Hauskuld's hall to witness Hallgerda's marriage, and when the feast began Thiostolf might have been seen stalking about holding his axe aloft; but, as the guests pretended not to know he was there, no harm came of it. For some time Glum and his wife lived happily together, though Hallgerda proved herself the same greedy yet wasteful woman she had been before.
Hallgerda, who loved him much in spite of her unruly tongue, wept bitterly at the thought of what had happened, and, as evil fate would have it, Thiostolf heard her, and saw the red mark across her cheek. 'It shall not be there again, he said, but Hallgerda answered: 'It is not for you to come between Glum and me.
At the end of a year a daughter was born to her, whom she named Thorgerda, and the child grew up to be as beautiful as her mother. But by-and-by trouble came to them through Thiostolf, who had been driven away by Hauskuld for beating one of his thralls. Thiostolf vowed vengeance in his heart, and rode south to Glum's house.
'You know, he added, 'that he is rich and strong, and thought well of by all men. 'Yes, I know that, answered Hauskuld; 'but once before I chose a husband for my daughter, and matters turned out ill for all of us. 'That will be no hindrance, replied Thorarin, 'for the lot of one man is not the lot of all men. And things might have fared better had it not been for the meddling of Thiostolf.
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