Hrut answered, "Ill will be thy meed for this."

"Be that as it may," says Gunnar.

Then Hauskuld and his brother went home to their booth, and he

had much upon his mind, and said to Hrut, "Will this unfairness

of Gunnar's never be avenged?"

"Not so," says Hrut; "'twill be avenged on him sure enough, but

we shall have no share nor profit in that vengeance. And after

all it is most likely that he will turn to our stock to seek for

friends."

After that they left off speaking of the matter. Gunnar showed

Njal the money, and he said, "The suit has gone off well."

"Ay," says Gunnar, "but it was all thy doing."

Now men rode home from the Thing, and Gunnar got very great

honour from the suit. Gunnar handed over all the money to Unna,

and would have none of it, but said he thought he ought to look

more for help from her and her kin hereafter than from other men.

She said, so it should be.

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