And thou, father--thou shalt
have no peace for me until thou yield thee. (She goes with SIGURD
and his men down towards the shore at the back.)
ORNULF. Yield me? Ay, if there were no women-folk in Gunnar's house,
then---- Oh, if I but knew how to pierce her armour!--Thorolf, thou
here!
THOROLF (who has entered hastily). As thou seest. Is it true that
thou hast met with Gunnar?
ORNULF. Yes.
THOROLF. And art at enmity with him?
ORNULF. Hm--at least with Hiordis.
THOROLF. Then be of good cheer; soon shalt thou be avenged!
ORNULF. Avenged? Who shall avenge me?
THOROLF. Listen: as I stood on board the ship, there came a man
running, with a staff in his hand, and called to me: "If thou be of
Ornulf's shipfolk, then greet him from Kare the Peasant, and say that
now am I avenging the twain of us." Thereupon he took a boat and
rowed away, saying as he passed: "Twenty outlaws are at haven in the
fiord; with them I fare southward, and ere eventide shall Hiordis
be childless."
ORNULF. He said that! Ha, now I understand; Gunnar has sent his
son away; Kare is at feud with him----
THOROLF. And now he is rowing southward to slay the boy!
ORNULF (with sudden resolution). Up all! That booty will we
fight for!
THOROLF. What wilt thou do?
ORNULF. Ask me not; it shall be I, and not Kare, that will take
revenge!
THOROLF.
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