midday
Mayhap Heidrek would not chance being pent between two foes . So that chase went on , and I wearied of watching it at last . Then Bertric and I went to Asbiorn , for we would ask concerning some things which had happened . Men were serving round the midday meal at the time , and we ate and talked . The first thing I asked him was what he had done with our ship . `` Sold her to one Arnkel in Norway , so to speak , '' he answered , with a grin . `` He was the man who had to do with this treasure ship you picked up . ''