"Take the men home, brother," said Hubba; "then we can talk."
"Bind the men," said Ingvar again.
"Nay, brother, not the man who wears those rings," said Hubba quickly.
"Maybe, and it is likely, that they are ill come by, and he will make up some lie about them," answered Ingvar.
"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."