[Terror-struck.]

An outlaw! You, Gudmund!

Gudmund.

I am indeed.

But I swear, by the Holy Christ I swear,

Had I known the thoughts of your heart, I ne’er

Had bent me to Solhoug in my need.

I thought that you still were gentle-hearted,

As you ever were wont to be ere we parted:

But I truckle not to you; the wood is wide,