Hauskuld did so, and then Hrut said to Oswif--"I will give thee a good
cloak which I brought with me from foreign lands".

He thanked him for his gift, and went home well pleased at the way in
which things had gone.

After that Hauskuld and Hrut came to Oswif to share the goods, and they
and Oswif came to a good agreement about that too, and they went home
with their share of the goods, and Oswif is now out of our story.
Hallgerda begged Hauskuld to let her come back home to him, and he gave
her leave, and for a long time there was much talk about Thorwald's
slaying. As for Hallgerda'a goods they went on growing till they were
worth a great sum.




CHAPTER XIII.

GLUM'S WOOING.


Now three brothers are named in the story. One was called Thorarin, the
second Ragi, and the third Glum. They were the sons of Olof the Halt,
and were men of much worth and of great wealth in goods. Thorarin's
surname was Ragi's brother; he had the Speakership of the Law after Rafn
Heing's son. He was a very wise man, and lived at Varmalek, and he and
Glum kept house together. Glum had been long abroad; he was a tall,
strong, handsome man. Ragi their brother was a great man-slayer. Those
brothers owned in the south Engey and Laugarness. One day the brothers