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| 21 | 109 | It was the View more quotes about loot">loot of the temple of Kassau, and the sapphires of Schendi, which had figured in the wergild imposed upon him by Svein Blue Tooth in the days of his outlawry. |
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| 21 | 106 | "Gifts!" cried Ivar Forkbeard. |
| 21 | 107 | His men, bearing boxes, trunks, bulging sacks, came forward. |
| 21 | 108 | They spilled the contents of these containers before the table. |
| 21 | 109 | It was the loot of the temple of Kassau, and the sapphires of Schendi, which had figured in the wergild imposed upon him by Svein Blue Tooth in the days of his outlawry. |
| 21 | 110 | Knee deep in the riches waded Ivar and, laughing, hurled untold wealth to those in the hall. |
| 21 | 111 | Then his men, too, distributed the riches. |
| 21 | 112 | Then, too, naked slave girls were ordered to the riches, to scoop up sapphires in goblets and carry them about the tables, serving them to the men, kneeling, head down, arms extended, as though they might be wine, and the warriors, laughing, reached into the cups and seized jewels. |