'Thou didst bear thyself well, Thorolf, when thou wert with us;
and this, I think, is best to do still, that thou join my guard,
bear my banner, be captain over the guard; then will no man slander thee,
if I can oversee night and day what thy conduct is.'
Thorolf looked on either hand where stood his house-carles; then said he:
'Loth were I to deliver up these my followers:
about thy titles and grants to me,
O king, thou wilt have thine own way,
but my following I will not deliver up while my means last,
though I manage at my own sole cost. My request and wish,
O king, is this, that thou come and visit me at my home,
and the hear word of men whom thou trustest,
what witness they bear to me in this matter; thereafter do as thou
findest proof to warrant.'
The king answered and said that he would not again accept entertainment from Thorolf;
so Thorolf went out, and made ready to return home.
But when he was gone, the king put into the hands of Hildirida's sons his
business in Halogaland which Thorolf had before had, as also the Finmark journey.
The king claimed ownership of the estate at Torgar,
and of all the property that Brynjolf had had;
and all this he gave into the keeping of Hildirida's sons.
The king sent messengers with tokens to Thorolf to tell him of this arrangement,
whereupon Thorolf took the ships belonging to him,
put on board all the chattels he could carry,
and with all his men, both freedmen and thralls,
sailed northwards to his farm at Sandness,
where he kept up no fewer and no less state than before.