ls have been wholesome."
Snorri urged the matter on by every word he spoke, and the counsel
taken was, that Gudrun and Thorkell should be joined in marriage.
Snorri offered to have the wedding at his house; and Thorkell, liking
that well, said: "I am not short of means, and I am ready to furnish
them in whatever measure you please." Then Gudrun spake: "It is my
wish that the feast be held here at Holyfell. I do not blench at
standing the cost of it, nor shall I call upon Thorkell or any one
else to trouble themselves about this matter." "Often, indeed, you
show, Gudrun," said Snorri, "that you are the most high-mettled of
women." So this was now settled that the wedding should take place
when it lacked six weeks of summer. [Sidenote: They are married] At
matters thus settled Snorri and Thorkell went away, Snorri going home
and Thorkell to his ship, and he spent the summer, turn and turn
about, at Tongue or at his ship. Time now wore on towards the wedding
feast. Gudrun made great preparation with much ingatherings. Snorri
came to the feast together with Thorkell, and they brought with them
well-nigh sixty men, and a very picked company that was, for most of
the men were in dyed raiments. Gudrun had well-nigh a hundred and
twenty first-bidden guests. The brothers Bolli and Thorleik, with the
first-bidden guests, went to meet Snorri and his train; and to him and
his fellowship was given a right cheery welcome, and their horses are
taken in hand, as well as their clothes. They were shown into the
guest-chamber, and Thorkell and Snorri and their followers took seats
on the bench that was the upper one, and Gudrun's guests sat on the
lower.

CHAP. LXIX

The Quarrel about Gunnar at the Feast

[Sidenote: Gunnar at the wedding feast] That autumn Gunnar, the slayer
of Thridrandi, had been sent to Gudrun for "trust and keep," and she
had taken him in, his name being kept secret. Gunnar was outlawed
because of the slaying of Thridrandi, Geitir's son, as is told in the
Niard-wickers' Saga. He went about much "with a hidden head," for that
many great men had their eyes upon him. The first evening of the
feast, when men went to wash, a big man was standing by the water; he
was broad of shoulder and wide of chest, and this man had a hat on his
head. Thorkell asked who he was. He named himself as it seemed best to
him. Thorkell says: "I think you are not speaking the truth; going by
what the tale tells you would seem more l