She goes then to Thiostolf and tells him, and he answered—
"Now, thou art still good, as I had hoped."
After that he was there, and kept himself down a little white, but then it was the old story, he seemed to spoil all the good he found; for he gave way to no one save to Hallgerda alone, but she never took his side in his brawls with others. Thorarin, Glum's brother, blamed him for letting him be there, and said ill luck would come of it, and all would happen as had happened before if he were there. Glum answered him well and kindly, but still kept on in his own way.
CHAPTER XVI.
GLUM'S SHEEP HUNT.
Now once on a time when autumn came, it happened that men had hard work to get their flocks home, and many of Glum's wethers were missing. Then Glum said to Thiostolf—
"Go thou up on the fell with my house-carles and see if ye cannot find out anything about the sheep."
"'Tis no business of mine," says Thiostolf, "to hunt up sheep, and this one thing is quite enough to hinder it. I won't walk in thy thralls' footsteps. But go thyself, and then I'll go with thee."
About this they had many words. The weather was good, and Hallgerda was sitting out of doors. Glum went up to her and said—