"It will be easily seen if he does," answered his brother; "wait
till you know."

Ingvar reined his horse round and rode away without another word.
Then Hubba bade the man Raud and his brother, a tall man who had
come with the Jarl Ingvar, take charge of us until word should come
from him, and then rode after Ingvar with the rest of the folk.

"Come into the house," said Raud to me. "I fear you have ill news
enough, though only what we have expected."

So we went inside, and I sat in my old place beside the fire. Rolf,
the brother, helped Beorn to rise, and set him on a seat in a
corner where he could rest, and then we were all silent. The great
dog came and sat by me, so that I stroked him and spoke to him,
while he beat his tail on the floor in response.

"See you that," said one brother to the other.

"Aye; Vig says true, mostly."

"One may trust him," said Raud; telling of how Vig the dog had made
friends with me at first, and he nodded in friendly wise to me, so
that I would not seem to hold aloof, and spoke to him.

"That is Jarl Hubba, surely?"

"Aye, and the best warrior in all Denmark," said Raud. "We fear
Ingvar, and we love Halfden; but Hubba is such a hero as was Ragnar
himself."