"That will be no easy task," said the thrall.
"And if they find Gudruda they shall keep her prisoner. But if they find neither the one nor the other, they shall do this: they shall drive the crew ashore, killing as few as may be, and burn the ship."
"It is an ill deed thus to burn another's ship," said Gizur.
"Good or ill, it shall be done," answered Swanhild fiercely. "Thou art a lawman, and well canst thou meet the suit; moreover Gudruda has wedded an outlaw and shall suffer for her sin. Now go, and see thou tarry not, or thy back shall pay the price."
The man rode away swiftly. Then Gizur turned to Swanhild, asking: "Whither, then, go we?"
"I have said to Middalhof."
"That is into the wolf's den, if Eric and Skallagrim are there," he answered: "I have little chance against the two
