. A child's book of warriors . hands, find a way to slay him. Olafsuncles, too, Jostein and Karlhead, the brothers ofQueen Astrid, he forced by threat of torture to gowith Thori and bear out his tale. A lucky day it seemed to Olaf when he got toDublin and met his own kinsmen among the Norlandfolk. Eagerly he questioned them, and brighteromens of success could not be wished for than Thoristalk of how things had gone from bad to worse withHakon, so that any change would be better for thepeople than this earls masterful wickedness. Butsince the overthrow of the Jomsborg Vikings whowas there darin
. A child's book of warriors . hands, find a way to slay him. Olafsuncles, too, Jostein and Karlhead, the brothers ofQueen Astrid, he forced by threat of torture to gowith Thori and bear out his tale. A lucky day it seemed to Olaf when he got toDublin and met his own kinsmen among the Norlandfolk. Eagerly he questioned them, and brighteromens of success could not be wished for than Thoristalk of how things had gone from bad to worse withHakon, so that any change would be better for thepeople than this earls masterful wickedness. Butsince the overthrow of the Jomsborg Vikings whowas there daring enough to cope with him ? Perchance a man of Harald Fair Hairs lineage,said Olaf, and he not far away from us who arespeaking here. That, cried Thori joyfully, will be welcomenews in Norway. So out of Dublin Bay, and northward by theWestern Isles, Olaf sailed with five ships to the realmof his kinsfolk. The plotters, in their own ship, borehim company; and as they stretched away from theOrkney Islands it was high summer. 239. At Strife with the Gods Out of the summer sea heaved the rugged bluesummits of Norway. The ships put in to MosterHaven, and Bishop Sigurd joyfully sang mass in thekings tent. Thori, however, grew anxious lest thenews of Olafs coming should stir the people to asudden uprising against the earl, and he urged theking to act secretly and to hasten northward nightand day. Thy best chance, he said, is to fallupon Hakon without warning. If thy name benoised abroad and thou give him time to gather hisstrength, little luck, I think, will go with thy though this counsel was, no other could haveserved Olafs turn better. Again the bright sails bellied to the wind, andleaving the sheltered sea-way along the rocky wallsof the coast, the ships skirted the outer isles of thebroken chain of rocks and skerries which stretchesaway to the north. Hour after hour Olaf watched in silent gladnessthe slowly changing outlines of the wild realm which 241 Q A Childs B
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