[With repressed emotion.] Mayhap!

Gunnar.

[As if waking up.] Is it a hideous dream that maddens me! Thou—thou bringest Egil home!

Örnulf.

As thou seest; but in truth he has been near his death.

Gunnar.

That I know.

Örnulf.

And hast no more joy in his return?

Gunnar.