The horn burst asunder in the midst, and the drink was spilt on the straw below. Then Aulvir began to
be faint. So Egil stood up, took Aulvir by the hand, and led him to the door. Egil shifted his cloak to
his left side, and under the mantle held his sword. But when they came to the door, then came Bard
after them with a full horn, and bade them drink a farewell cup. Egil stood in the door. He took the
horn and drank it off; then recited a stave:

’Ale is borne to me, for ale

Aulvir now maketh pale.

From ox-horn I let pour

’Twixt my lips the shower.

But blind they fate to see

Blows thou bring’st on thee:

Full soon from Odin’s thane

Feel’st thou deadly rain.’

With that Egil threw down the horn, but gripped his sword and drew; it was dark in the room. He
thrust Bard right through the middle with the sword, so that the point went out at the back. Bard fell
dead, the blood welling from the wound. Aulvir fell too, vomiting. Then Egil dashed out of the room;
it was pitch dark outside. Egil at once ran off from the buildings. But in the entrance-room it was now
seen that Bard and Aulvir were fallen.

Then came the king, and bade them bring light; whereupon they saw what had happened, that Aulvir
lay there senseless; but Bard was slain, and the floor all streaming with blood. Then the king asked
where was that big man who had drunk most that evening. Men said that he had gone out.

’Seek him,’ said the king, ’and bring him to me.’

Search was made for him round the premises, but nowhere was he found. But when they came to the
detached fire-hall, there lay Aulvir’s comrades. The king’s men asked if Egil had come there at all.
They said that he had run in, taken his weapons, and so out again.

This was told to the king. The king bade his men go with all speed and seize every ship or boat on the
island.

’But in the morning,’ said he, ’when it is light, we must search all the island and slay the man.’