“Very well,” was the answer.
“Wilt thou, then,” said Sigurd, “try this game the third day?”
Ivar then replied, “Then we will finish the fight.”
Hearing this, Sigurd, who was a man of great common sense, said to Ivar: “May we expect much booty on your ships if we gain the victory?”
“Far from it,” Ivar replied; “we have taken none this summer.”
“I think,” said Sigurd, “I have nowhere met more foolish men than here, for we only fight out of pride and rivalry.”
“What wilt thou do, then?” inquired Ivar.
“Let us become foster-brothers,” replied Sigurd, “for we are of equal valor.”
“Well said,” answered Ivar and Hjalmar; “for we think it right that we should bind our friendship, and swear one another foster-brotherhood. It will be a great boon for us all, as we four will become the greatest warriors and Vikings of the land.”
The following morning, preparations were made to carry out the proposal of the preceding afternoon, that Ivar and Hjalmar should become foster-brothers with Sigmund and Sigurd.