have
in hand more than you have now, I will get you a manor and stock it
for you; therewithal I shall hand over to you chieftainship over men
and uphold you for honours in all things; and that, I know, will be
easy, seeing that most men bear you good-will." Bolli said, "I have
long had it in my mind to go for once into southern lands; for a man
is deemed to grow benighted if he learns to know nothing farther
afield than what is to be seen here in Iceland." And when Snorri saw
that Bolli had set his mind on this, and that it would come to nought
to try to stop him, he bade him take as much money as he liked for his
journey. Bolli was all for having plenty of money, "for I will not,"
he said, "be beholden to any man either here or in any foreign land."
[Sidenote: Bolli goes with Thorleik] Then Bolli rode south to
Burgfirth to White-river and bought half of a ship from the owners, so
that he and his brother became joint owners of the same ship. Bolli
then rides west again to his home. He and Thordis had one daughter
whose name was Herdis, and that maiden Gudrun asked to bring up. She
was one year old when she went to Holyfell. Thordis also spent a great
deal of her time there, for Gudrun was very fond of her.

CHAP. LXXIII

Bolli's Voyage

Now the brothers went both to their ship. Bolli took a great deal of
money abroad with him. They now arrayed the ship, and when everything
was ready they put out to sea. The winds did not speed them fast, and
they were a long time out at sea, but got to Norway in the autumn, and
made Thrandheim in the north. Olaf, the king, was in the east part of
the land, in the Wick, where he had made ingatherings for a stay
through the winter. [Sidenote: They come to Norway] And when the
brothers heard that the king would not come north to Thrandheim that
autumn, Thorleik said he would go east along the land to meet King
Olaf. Bolli said, "I have little wish to drift about between market
towns in autumn days; to me that is too much of worry and restraint. I
will rather stay for the winter in this town. I am told the king will
come north in the spring, and if he does not then I shall not set my
face against our going to meet him." Bolli has his way in the matter,
and they put up their ship and got their winter quarters. It was soon
seen that Bolli was a very pushing man, and would be the first among
other men; and in that he had his way, for a bounteous man was he, and
so got speedily to b