HOW DETECTIVES FARED IN SKANIA IN THE TIME OF SIGFRED AND HALFDAN It was the the third year since restless men had rowed west with the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok to evaluate the riches of the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia. There many kings and great men paid them not to return, and so they profited with every stroke of the oar. Sometimes they killed these great men afterwards, and thus were paid twice, first for staying away and second for doing as they pleased, so that many decided not to return to the land of Gudfred, and wished only to go on selling peace among the many rich and weak kings of the western isles forever.
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