Soon after this Thorolf started with a long-ship and about sixty men,
and coasted northwards, till one day at eventide he came to
Sandness in Alost; there they moored the ship. And when they had
raised their tent, and made arrangements, Thorolf went up to the
farm buildings with twenty men.
Sigurd received him well, and asked him to lodge there,
for there had been great intimacy between them since the marriage
connection between Sigurd and Bard.
Then Thorolf and his men went into the hall,

and were there entertained.
Sigurd sat and talked with
Thorolf, and asked tidings.
Thorolf told of the battle
fought that summer in the
south, and of the fall of many
men whom Sigurd knew well,
and withal how Bard his
son-in-law had died of wounds
received in the battle.
This they both felt to be a great loss.
Then Thorolf told Sigurd what
had been the covenant between
him and Bard before he died,
and he declared also the orders
of the king, how he would have
all this hold good,
and this he showed by the tokens.