y set up a stately house. There
Thorleik and Bolli, the sons of Gudrun, grew up. Thorleik was four
years old at the time when Bolli his father was slain.

CHAP. LVII

About Thorgils Hallason, A.D. 1018

There was a man named Thorgils Hallason; he was known by his mother's
name, as she lived longer than his father, whose name was Snorri, son
of Alf o' Dales. Halla, Thorgil's mother, was daughter of Gest
Oddliefson. Thorgils lived in Horddale at a place called Tongue.
Thorgils was a man great and goodly of body, the greatest swaggerer,
and was spoken of as one of no fairness in dealings with men. Between
him and Snorri the Priest there was often little love lost, for Snorri
found Thorgils both meddlesome and flaunting of demeanour. Thorgils
would get up many errands on which to go west into the countryside,
and always came to Holyfell offering Gudrun to look after her affairs,
but she only took the matter quietly and made but little of it all.
Thorgils asked for her son Thorleik to go home with him, and he stayed
for the most part at Tongue and learnt law from Thorgils, for he was a
man most skilled in law-craft. At that time Thorkell Eyjolfson was
busy in trading journeys; he was a most renowned man, and of high
birth, and withal a great friend of Snorri the Priest. He would always
be staying with Thorstein Kuggison, his kinsman, when he was out here
(in Iceland). [Sidenote: The outlaw Grim] Now, one time when Thorkell
had a ship standing up in Vadil, on Bardistrand, it befell, in
Burgfirth, that the son of Eid of Ridge was killed by the sons of
Helga from Kropp. Grim was the name of the man who had done the
manslaughter, and that of his brother was Nial, who was drowned in
White-river; a little later on Grim was outlawed to the woods because
of the manslaughter, and he lay out in the mountains whilst he was
under the award of outlawry. He was a great man and strong. Eid was
then very old when this happened, so the case was not followed up.
People blamed Thorkell very much that he did not see matters righted.
[Sidenote: Thorkell goes to find Grim] The next spring when Thorkell
had got his ship ready he went south across Broadfirth-country, and
got a horse there and rode alone, not stopping in his journey till he
got as far as Ridge, to Eid, his kinsman. Eid took him in joyfully.
Thorkell told him his errand, how that he would go and find Grim his
outlaw, and asked Eid if he knew at all where his lair was. Eid