"Thine axe is bloody; what hast thou done?"

"I have done now what will cause thee to be wedded a second time."

"Thou tellest me then that Thorwald is dead?" she said.

"So it is," said he, "and now look out for my safety."

"So I will," she said; "I will send thee north to Bearfirth, to
Swanshol, and Swan, my kinsman, will receive thee with open arms. He is
so mighty a man that no one will seek thee thither."

So he saddled a horse that she had, and jumped on his back, and rode off
north to Bearfirth, to Swanshol, and Swan received him with open arms,
and said--

"That's what I call a man who does not stick at trifles! And now I
promise thee if they seek thee here, they shall get nothing but the
greatest shame."

Now, the story goes back to Hallgerda, and how she behaved. She called
on Liot the black, her kinsman, to go with her, and bade him saddle
their horses, for she said--"I will ride home to my father".

While he made ready for their journey, she went to her chests and
unlocked them, and called all the men of her house about her, and gave
each of them some gift; but they all grieved at her going. Now she rides
home to her father; and he received her well, for as yet he had not
heard the news. But Hrut said to Hallgerda--