Thorarin and Glum were talking together, and Thorarin asked Glum whether
he meant to go abroad, as was his wont.

He answered--"I was rather thinking now of leaving off trading voyages".

"What hast thou then in thy mind? Wilt thou woo thee a wife?"

"That I will," says he, "if I could only get myself well matched."

Then Thorarin told off all the women who were unwedded in Borgarfirth,
and asked him if he would have any of these--"Say the word, and I will
ride with thee!"

But Glum answered--"I will have none of these".

"Say then the name of her thou wishest to have," says Thorarin.

Glum answered--"If thou must know, her name is Hallgerda, and she is
Hauskuld's daughter away west in the dales".

"Well," says Thorarin, "'tis not with thee as the saw says, 'be warned
by another's woe'; for she was wedded to a man, and she plotted his
death."

Glum said--"May be such ill-luck will not befall her a second time, and
sure I am she will not plot my death. But now, if thou wilt show me any
honour, ride along with me to woo her."

Thorarin said--"There's no good striving against it, for what must be is
sure to happen". Glum often talked the matter over with Thorarin, but he