"Now, I will go away and never come back."
"All will be glad at that," says Hauskuld.
Thiostolf rode till he came to Varmalek, and there he got a hearty welcome from Hallgerda, and not a bad one from Glum. He told Hallgerda how her father had driven him away, and begged her to give him her help and countenance. She answered him by telling him she could say nothing about his staying there before she had seen Glum about it.
"Does it go well between you?" he says.
"Yes," she says, "our love runs smooth enough."
After that she went to speak to Glum, and threw her arms round his neck and said—
"Wilt thou grant me a boon which I wish to ask of thee?"
"Grant it I will," he says, "if it be right and seemly; but what is it thou wishest to ask?"
"Well," she said, "Thiostolf has been driven away from the west, and what I want thee to do is to let him stay here; but I will not take it crossly if it is not to thy mind."
Glum said—"Now that thou behavest so well, I will grant thee thy boon; but I tell thee, if he takes to any ill he shall be sent off at once".