"I will run the risk of that," he says.
After that he sees her back to the other women, but he went home. Gudbrand sat in his high seat, and there were few men in the hall.
Hrapp went in before him, and bore his axe high.
"Why is thine axe bloody?" asks Gudbrand.
"I made it so by doing a piece of work on thy overseer Asvard's back," says Hrapp.
"That can be no good work," says Gudbrand; "thou must have slain him."
"So it is, be sure," says Hrapp.
"What did ye fall out about?" asks Gudbrand.
"Oh!" says Hrapp, "what you would think small cause enough. He wanted to hew off my leg."
"What hast thou done first?" asked Gudbrand.