to some Norwegian man.  When Bolli heard of the coming of his brother he rode south to Burgfirth and to the ship.  The brothers greeted each other joyfully.  Bolli stayed there for several nights, and then both brothers ride together west to Holyfell; Thorkell takes them in with the greatest blitheness, as did also Gudrun, and they invited Thorleik to stay with them for the winter, and that he took with thanks.  Thorleik tarried at Holyfell awhile, and then he rode to White-river and lets his ship be beached and his goods be brought to the West.  Thorleik had had good luck with him both as to wealth and honours, for that he had become the henchman of that noblest of lords, King Olaf.  He now stayed at Holyfell through the winter, while Bolli tarried at Tongue.

CHAP.  LXXI

The Peace between the Sons of Bolli and the Sons of Olaf, A.D. 1026

[Sidenote:  The brothers talk of revenge] That winter the brothers would always be meeting, having talks together, and took no pleasure in games or any other pastime; and one time, when Thorleik was at Tongue, the brothers talked day and night together.  Snorri then thought he knew that they must be taking counsel together on some very great matter, so he went and joined the talk of the brothers.  They greeted him well, but dropped their talk forthwith.  He took their greeting well; and presently Snorri spoke:  “What are you taking counsels about so that ye heed neither sleep nor meat?” Bolli answers:  “This is no framing of counsels, for that talk is one of but little mark which we talk together.”  Now Snorri found that they wanted to hide from him all that was in their minds, yet misdoubted him, that they must be talking chiefly of things from which great troubles might arise, in case they should be carried out. [Sidenote:  Snorri’s advice] He (Snorri) spoke to them:  “This I misdoubt me now, that it be neither a vain thing nor a matter of jest you are talking about for such long hours together, and I hold you quite excused, even if such should be the case.  Now, be so good as to tell it me and not to hide it away from me.  We shall not, when gathered all together, be worse able to take counsel in this matter, for that I shall nowhere stand in the way of anything going forward whereby your honour grows the greater.”  Thorleik thought Snorri had taken up their case in a kindly manner, and told him in a few words their wishes, and how they had made up their minds to set on the sons of Olaf, and to put them to sore penalties; they said that now they lacked of nothing to bring the sons of Olaf to terms of equality, since Thorleik was a liegeman of King Olaf, and Bolli was the son-in-law of such a chief as Snorri was.  Snorri answered in this way:  “For the slaying of Bolli enough has come in return, in that the life of Helgi Hardbeinson was paid therefor; the troubles of men have been far too great already, and it is high time that now at