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Turning himself swiftly, Hrut dealt Thiostolf a blow which brought him to his knees, and a stab in the heart finished the work. After that Hrut's house-carles laid stones on Thiostolf's body, while he himself rode away to tell Hauskuld all that had befallen. And soon after Thorarin, Glum's brother, came there too, with eleven men at his back.
Besides, she did not think that the match was in any way worthy of her. But, grumble as she might, there was no getting out of it, and, as Hauskuld would listen to nothing, she sought for her foster-father, Thiostolf, who never had been known to say her nay.
Soon after, Thiostolf chanced to pass that way, and, seeing the blood on her face, asked whence it sprang. 'From the hand of my husband Thorwald, answered she, and reproached Thiostolf for suffering such dealings. 'I knew not of it, said Thiostolf, 'but I will avenge it speedily; and he went to the shore, and put off in a boat, taking nothing but a great axe with him.
'Then Hallgerda had no part in his slaying, said Hrut, with a sound of relief in his voice; but as he spoke he drew his sword, which Thiostolf saw, and thrust at Hrut with his axe. Hrut, too, saw, and sprang quickly aside, knocking up as he did so the handle of the axe, so that it fell full on the ground.
Tall and stately she was, and fair, but sly and greedy of gain, as in the days of her childhood, and more she loved Thiostolf, whose wife had brought her up, than Hauskuld her father, or Hrut her uncle. When Hallgerda went back to Hauskuld her father, he saw that he must be looking out for a husband for her, as the fame of her beauty would go far.
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