And when the king had so spoken,
Arinbjorn saw that it would not do
to plead this cause any further with him;
so he prepared to return home.
The king was rather sullen and
gloomy towards Arinbjorn after
he knew his errand;
but Arinbjorn was not in
the mood to humble himself
before the king
about this matter.
And so they parted.
Arinbjorn went home and told
Egil the issue of his errand.
'I will not,' said he,
'again plead such a cause to the king.'

Egil at this report frowned much;
he thought he had lost much wealth,
and wrongfully.

A few days after, early one morning
when Arinbjorn was in his chamber
and few men were present,
he had Egil called thither;
and when he came, then Arinbjorn had a chest opened,
and weighed out forty marks of silver,
adding these words:
'This money I pay you, Egil,
for those lands which belonged to Ljot the Pale.
I deem it just that you should have this reward from me and my kinsman
Fridgeir for saving his life from Ljot; for I know that you did this for love of me.
I therefore am bound not to let you be cheated of your lawful right in this matter.'
Egil took the money, and thanked Arinbjorn. Then Egil again became quite cheerful.