"Wilt thou hand Njal's sons over to me?" asks the Earl.
"No, I will not," said Kari.
"Wilt thou swear this," says the Earl, "that thou wilt not fall on me with Njal's sons?"
Then Eric, the Earl's son, spoke and said—
"Such things ought not to be asked. Kari has always been our friend, and things should not have gone as they have, had I been by. Njal's sons should have been set free from all blame, but they should have had chastisement who had wrought for it. Methinks now it would be more seemly to give Njal's sons good gifts for the hardships and wrongs which have been put upon them, and the wounds they have got."
"So it ought to be, sure enough," says the Earl, "but I know not whether they will take an atonement."
Then the Earl said that Kari should try the feeling of Njal's sons as to an atonement.
After that Kari spoke to Helgi, and asked whether he would take any amends from the Earl or not.
"I will take them," said Helgi, "from his son Eric, but I will have nothing to do with the Earl."
Then Kari told Eric their answer.