Gunwar, with equal energy, ran a spear through the other: she had the body of a woman, but the spirit of a man.
Thus Erik escaped the trap; whereupon he went back to the sea and made ready to sail off by night.

But Roller sounded on his horn the signal for those who had been bidden to watch close by, to break into the palace.

When the king heard this, he thought it meant that the enemy was upon them, and made off hastily in a ship.

Meanwhile Brak, and those who had broken in with him, snatched up the goods of the king, and got them on board Erik's ships.

Almost half the night was spent in pillaging.
In the morning, when the king found that they had fled, he prepared to pursue them, but was advised by one of his friends not to plan anything on a sudden or do it in haste.