"What wilt thou give them?" asked Ar.
"Whatever they wish," answered Grani. He called on Rolf to say what gift he would like at his hands.
"That bow and those arrows," said Rolf.
"Now," asked Grani, "which is dearest to thee, that bow, or thy freedom and Frodi's?"
"Our freedom," answered Rolf.
"Your freedom shall you have," said Grani. Then, before all who were in the hall, he spoke Rolf and Frodi free.
CHAPTER XXI
HOW ROLF WON THE VIKING'S BOW
Grani sent men to the viking's mound, and they fetched home all the precious things which were there, whether gold, silver, cloths or weapons. Among these last was the viking's bill. That was a notable weapon, having a curving blade with a hook springing from its back, and set like a great spearhead upon a pole as high as a man's shoulder. Grani kept all weapons; but he gave Rolf and Frodi things to the value of some hundreds in silver, and begged that they should remain with him in the hall of Ar the Peacock. Yet Rolf bore himself as if he expected more from Grani than gold and silver, and said he could not stay in the hall. Grani complained of that to Ar.
Ar asked: "Knowest thou not what he will have of thee?"
Said Grani, "The bow, belike."