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[Indignant.] Oh, shame!

[Likewise.] And thou canst mock him—mock him, after all that has befallen?

A deed once done, 'tis wise to praise it. This morning I swore hate and vengeance against Örnulf;—the slaying of Jökul I might have forgotten—all, save that he cast shame upon my lot. He called me a leman; if it be so, it shames me not; for Gunnar is mightier now than thy father; he is greater and more famous than Sigurd, thine own husband!

[In wild indignation.] There thou errest, Hiördis—and even now shall all men know that thou dwellest under a coward's roof!

[Vehemently.] Dagny, beware!

A coward!

[With scornful laughter.] Thou pratest senselessly.

It shall no longer be hidden; I held my peace till thou didst mock at my father and my dead brothers; I held my peace while Örnulf was here, lest he should learn that Thorolf fell by a