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So was I called once.

Go, go! 'Twas not I counselled Håkon to send you away.

What the King does is well done; 'tis not therefore I come.

Wherefore then?

Gunnulf, my brother, is come home from England

From England!

He has been away these many years, as you know, and has roamed far and wide; now has he brought home a letter

[Breathlessly.] A letter? From Trond the Priest. 'Tis for you, my lord. [Hands it to him.

Ah, truly;—and you bring it?

It was Trond's wish. I owe him great thanks since the time he fostered Håkon. It was told