There, too, was Thormod, grim as ever, but welcoming me most gladly.

But Halfden was not there.
"What is this, Thormod ?" I said, when I had him up to the house, and the men were eating in the great hall.

"Why are you not with Halfden ?" "Have you heard no news ?" he asked.
"Only a few days ago I heard of the business at Ashdown." "Well, I have come thence," he said.

"Now must I sail home and fetch more men in all haste." "Why came you in here ?" "Because I came away in haste and need stores.

And, moreover, I wanted to see you." "That is good of you, Thormod, and glad am I to have you here, even if it is only for a day," I answered.
"Moreover, I have a message to you from Halfden," he went on.
Whereupon I asked him about the battle, and long we sat while he told me all.