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THOROLF (looking out after his father). Now fare they all forth to
fight, and I must stay behind; it is hard to be the youngest of the
house.--Dagny! all hail and greetings to thee, sister mine!
DAGNY. Thorolf! All good powers!--thou art a man, grown!
THOROLF. That may I well be, forsooth, in five years----
DAGNY. Ay, true, true.
SIGURD (giving his his hand). In thee will Ornulf find a stout
carl, or I mistake me.
THOROLF. Would he but prove me----!
DAGNY (smiling). He spares thee more than thou hast a mind to? Thou
wast ever well-nigh too dear to him.
SIGURD. Whither has he gone?
THOROLF. Down to his ships;--he will return ere long.
SIGURD. I await my men; they are mooring my ships and bringing
ashore wares.
THOROLF. There must I lend a hand!
(Goes down towards the shore.)
SIGURD (after a moment's reflection). Dagny, my wife, we are alone;
I have that to tell thee which must no longer be hidden.
DAGNY (surprised). What meanest thou?
SIGURD. There may be danger in this faring to Gunnar's hall.
DAGNY. Danger? Thinkest thou that Gunnar----?
SIGURD. Nay, Gunnar is brave and true--yet better had it been that
I had sailed from the isle without crossing his threshold.
DAGNY. Thou makest me fear! Sigurd, what is amiss?
SIGURD. First answer me this: the golden ring that I gave thee,
where hast thou it?
DAGNY (showing it).
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