A man came to him, a
shining one, from whom went forth great terror. And thus he spake: 'Thy
son went not on a path of victory against King Olaf; and far worse wilt
thou fare if thou resolvest to do battle with the King, for thou wilt
fall, thyself and all thy people, and thee and thine will wolves tug and
ravens rend.'

Much afraid was Gudbrand at this terror, and told it to Thord
Fat-paunch, a chief man of the Dales.

He answered: 'Just the same vision appeared to me.'

And on the morrow they bade the trumpet-blast summon an assembly, and
said that they thought it good counsel to hold a conference with that
man who came from the north with new doctrine, and to learn what proofs
he could bring.

After this Gudbrand said to his son: 'Thou shalt go to the King who
spared thy life, and twelve men shall go with thee.' And so it was done.

[Illustration: 'In the following night Gudbrand dreamed a dream']

And they came to the King and told him their errand--that the
country-folk would fain hold a conference with him, and would have a
truce between them. The King liked that well, and they settled it so by
a treaty between them till the appointed meeting should be; and this
done they went back and told Gudbrand and Thord of the truce. The King
then went to the village called Lidsstadir, and stayed there five
nights. Then he went to meet the country-folk, and held a conference
with them; but the day was very wet.

As soon as the conference was met, the King stood up and said that the
dwellers in Lesja Loa and Vagi had accepted Christianity and broken down
their heathen house of worship, and now believed in the true God who
made heaven and earth and knew all things. Then the King sat down; but
Gudbrand answered:

'We know not of whom thou speakest. Thou callest him God whom neither
thou seest nor anyone else. But we have that god who may be seen every
day, though he is not out to-day because the weather is wet: and
terrible will he seem to you, and great fear will, I expect, strike your
hearts if he come into our assembly. But since thou sayest that your God
is so powerful, then let Him cause that to-morrow the weather be cloudy
but without rain, and meet we here again.'

Thereafter the King went home to his lodging, and with him Gudbrand's
son as a hostage, while the King gave them another man in exchange. In
the evening the King asked Gudbrand's son how their god was made. He
said that he was fashioned to represent