that she made for herself gored breeches like a man. Aud's brothers
disliked this very much, but things kept quiet. Then Thord rode away
from the Thing with the sons of Osvif. When Aud heard these tidings,
she said, "Good! Well, that I know that I am left thus single." Then
Thord rode, to divide the money, west into Saurby and twelve men with
him, and it all went off easily, for Thord made no difficulties as to
how the money was divided. [Sidenote: Thord marries Gudrun] Thord
drove from the west unto Laugar a great deal of live stock. After
that he wooed Gudrun and that matter was easily settled; Osvif and
Gudrun said nothing against it. The wedding was to take place in the
tenth week of the summer, and that was a right noble feast. Thord and
Gudrun lived happily together. What alone withheld Thorkell Whelp and
Knut from setting afoot a lawsuit against Thord Ingunson was, that
they got no backing up to that end. The next summer the men of Hol had
an out-dairy business in Hvammdale, and Aud stayed at the dairy. The
men of Laugar had their out-dairy in Lambdale, which cuts westward
into the mountains off Salingsdale. Aud asked the man who looked after
the sheep how often he met the shepherd from Laugar. He said nearly
always as was likely since there was only a neck of land between the
two dairies. Then said Aud, "You shall meet the shepherd from Laugar
to-day, and you can tell me who there are staying at the
winter-dwelling[3] or who at the dairy, and speak in a friendly way of
Thord as it behoves you to do." The boy promised to do as she told
him. And in the evening when the shepherd came home And asked what
tidings he brought. The shepherd answered, "I have heard tidings which
you will think good, that now there is a broad bedroom-floor between
the beds of Thord and Gudrun, for she is at the dairy and he is
swinging at the rear of the hall, he and Osvif being two together
alone at the winter-dwelling." "You have espied well," said she, "and
see to have saddled two horses at the time when people are going to