and the house-carles drank to
Egil's companions with the same preface.
A man was appointed
to bear every cup to Egil's party,
and he urged them to drink it off quick.
Egil told his companions
to drink no more,
but himself drank for them
what they could not avoid.
Egil soon found that it would not
do for him to go on so.
Wherefore he stood up,
went across the floor to
where Armod sat,
took him with his hands
by the shoulders,
and forced him back
against the inner posts,
and spat in his face.
There was an outcry and uproar,
but Egil went back to his place,
sate him down,
and bade them serve him drink.
Armod leapt up and ran out;
Egil continued to drink for a while,
as did some others in the hall;
but there was little merriment.
Soon Egil and his men stood up,
and took their weapons from the wall
where they had hung them up;
they then went to the granary
in which their horse were,
and laid themselves down in the straw,
and slept through the night.