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 But now another matter. [Pointing to ] Seest thou yonder man?

Kåre! [To ] Thou knowest, then, that there is a strife between us?

Thy men have stolen his cattle, and theft must be atoned.

Murder no less; he has slain my thrall.

Because he flouted me.

I have offered thee terms of peace.

But Hiördis had no mind to that, and this morning, whilst thou wert gone, she fell upon me and now hunts me to my death.

[Angrily.] Sayest thou true? Has she?

True, every word.

Therefore the peasant besought me to stand by him, and that will I do.