The girl I shall never forget."

Tosti came off the fell and they fared home. After that Cormac
used to go to Gnupsdal often to see Steingerd: and he asked his
mother to make him good clothes, so that Steingerd might like him
the most that could be. Dalla said there was a mighty great
difference betwixt them, and it was far from certain to end
happily if Thorkel at Tunga got to know.


CHAPTER FOUR
How Cormac Liked Black-Puddings.

Well Thorkel soon heard what was going forward, and thought it
would turn out to his own shame and his daughter's if Cormac
would not pledge himself to take her or leave her. So he sent
for Steingerd, and she went home.

Thorkel had a man called Narfi, a noisy, foolish fellow,
boastful, and yet of little account. Said he to Thorkel, "If
Cormac's coming likes thee not, I can soon settle it."

"Very well," says Thorkel.

Now, in the autumn, Narfi's work it was to slaughter the sheep.
Once, when Cormac came to Tunga, he saw Steingerd in the kitchen.
Narfi stood by the kettle, and when they had finished the
boiling, he took up a black-pudding and thrust it under Cormac's
nose, crying: --