And when Egil's party were ready they started to return.
At their parting Egil said to the earl:
'Now we will bear to the king this tribute
which we have received.
But know, earl, that this is much less money than
the king deems to be his due here;
and that too without counting that, as he thinks,
thou oughtest to pay atonement for the messengers
whom common rumour says thou didst cause to be slain.
'The earl said that that was not true.
With this they parted.

Now when Egil was gone,
the earl called to him his two brothers,
each of whom was named Ulf, and spoke thus:
'That big fellow Egil, who was here for awhile,
will, I expect, do us an ill turn when
he comes to the king.
We may by this mark how he will bear
our matter before the king,
that he threw in our face such a charge,
the taking the life of the king's men.
Now must ye two go after their party and slay them all,
and let none bear this slander before the king.
Methinks the wisest plan were to lie in wait for them in Eida-wood.
Take with you so many men as to make sure that not one of them escape,
while ye get no less of men from them.'