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 2G2 CHRONICLE OF THE SAGA XIV. In the time of Harald Gille's sons, it happened that c.T^Eii a man called Haldor fell into the hands of the Vend- Mh-i^iV^cIf ^^^^ people, who took him and mutilated him, cut King oiaf. open liis neck, took out the tongue through the open- ing, and cut out his tongue-root. He afterwards sought out the holy King 01 af, fixed his mind entirely on the holy man, and weeping besought King Olaf to restore his speech and health. Thereupon he imme- diately recovered his speech by the good king's com- passion, went immediately into his service for all his life, and became an excellent trustworthy man. This miracle took place a fortnight before the last Olafs- mas, upon the day that Cardinal Nicolas set foot on the land of Norway, ^x'x V " ^^ ^^^ Uplands were two brothers, men of great Miracle of family, and men of fortune, Einar and Andreas, sons ^'lilchard. ^^ Guttorm Graabard, and brothers of King Sigurd Haraldsson's mother ; and they had great properties and udal estates in that quarter. They had a sister who was very handsome, but did not pay safiicient regard to the scandal of evil persons, as it afterwards appeared. She was on a friendly footing with an English priest called Richard, who had a welcome to the house of her brothers, and on account of their friendship for him she did many things to please him, and often to his advantage ; but the end of all this was, that an ugly report flew about concerning this girl. When this came into the mouth of the public, all men threw the blame on the priest. Her brothers did the same, and expressed publicly, as soon as they observed it, that they laid the blame most on him. The great friendship that was between the girl and the priest proved a great misfortune to both, which might have been expected, as the brothers were silent about their secret determination, and let nothing be observed. But one day they called the priest to them, who went, expecting nothing but good from them: