o settle their affairs at home. Then Flosi
heard that Thorgeir and Kari had ridden north with Gudmund the powerful,
and so the Burners thought that Kari and his friend must mean to stay in
the north country; and then the sons of Sigfus asked leave to go east
under Eyjafell to get in their money, for they had money out on call at
Headbrink. Flosi gave them leave to do that, but still bade them be ware
of themselves, and be as short a time about it as they could.

Then Flosi rode up by Godaland, and so north of Eyjafell Jokul, and did
not draw bridle before he came home east to Swinefell.

Now it must be said that Hall of the Side had suffered his son to fall
without a fine, and did that for the sake of an atonement, but then the
whole host of men at the Thing agreed to pay a fine for him, and the
money so paid was not less than eight hundred in silver, but that was
four times the price of a man; but all the others who had been with
Flosi got no fines paid for their hurts, and were very ill pleased at
it.

CHAPTER CXLV.

OF KARI AND THORGEIR.

Those two, Kari Solmund's and Thorgeir Craggeir, rode that day east
across Markfleet, and so on east to Selialandsmull. They found there
some women. The wives knew them, and said to them--

"Ye two are less wanton than the sons of Sigfus yonder, but still ye
fare unwarily."

"Why do ye talk thus of the sons of Sigfus, or what do ye know about
them?"

"They were last night," they said, "at Raufarfell, and meant to get to
Myrdale to-night, but still we thought they must have some fear of you,
for they asked when he would be likely to come home."

Then Kari and Thorgeir went on their way and spurred their horses.

"What shall we lay down for ourselves to do now," said Thorgeir, "or
what is most to thy mind? Wilt thou that we ride on their track?"

"I will not hinder this," answers Kari, "nor will I say what ought to be
done, for it may often be that those live Long who are slain with words
alone;[79] but I well know what thou meanest to take on thyself, thou
must mean to take on thy hands eight men, and after all that is less
than it was when thou slewest those seven in the sea-crags,[80] and let
thyself down by a rope to get at them; but it is the way with all you
kinsmen, that ye always wish to be doing some famous feat, and now I can
do no less than stand by thee and have my share in the story. So now we
two alone will ride after them, for I see that thou hast s