Bjorn said he would take this as his father willed.
So he had a good merchant-ship made ready,
and got men for it.
Bjorn now made him ready for this voyage,
but was some time about it.
But when he was quite ready and a fair wind blew,
he embarked on a boat with twelve men and rowed in to Aurland,
and they went up to the homestead and to his mother's bower.
She was sitting therein with many women.
Thora was there.
Bjorn said Thora must go with him, and they led her away.
But his mother bade the women not dare
to let them know this within in the hall:
Brynjolf, she said, would be in a sad way if he knew it,
and this would bring about great mischief between father and son.
But Thora's clothes and trinkets were all laid there ready to hand,
and Bjorn and his men took all with them.