Grettir answered that he was.

Jokull bade him not do so, 'for it is a dangerous undertaking, and a great risk for your friends to lose you, for in our opinion there is not another like you among the young men, and "ill will come of ill" where Glam is.

Far better it is to deal with mortal men than with such evil spirits.' "Grettir, however, said that he had a mind to fare to Thorhall-stead, and see how things had been going on there.

Jokull replied: 'I see now that it is of no use to hold you back, but the saying is true that "good luck and good heart are not the same'".

Grettir answered: '"Woe stands at one man's door when it has entered another's house".
Think how it may go with yourself before the end.' "'It may be,' said Jokull, 'that both of us see some way into the future, and yet neither of us can do anything to prevent it.' "After this they parted, and neither liked the other's forebodings.
"Grettir rode to Thorhall-stead, and the yeoman received him heartily.
He asked Grettir where he was going, who said that he wished to stay there all night if he would allow him.