A little after they rode out across Thurso water, and fared till
they came into Tongue. Asgrim was at home, and gave them a
hearty welcome; and they were there that night. Next morning
they began to talk, and then Njal raised the question of the
wooing, and asked for Thorhalla for his son Helgi's hand. Asgrim
answered that well, and said there were no men with whom he would
be more willing to make this bargain than with them. They fell
a-talking then about terms, and the end of it was that Asgrim
betrothed his daughter to Helgi, and the bridal day was named.
Gunnar was at that feast, and many other of the bestmen. After
the feast Njal offered to foster in his house Thorhall, Asgrim's
son, and he was with Njal long after. He loved Njal more than
his own father. Njal taught him law, so that he became the
greatest lawyer in Iceland in those days.