Dagny.
[Astonished.] What meanest thou?
Gunnar.
Nothing, nothing! I thank thee for thy tidings, Dagny; I go to gather my men together. [Turns towards the door, but stops and comes forward again.] Tell me—how goes it with Örnulf?
Dagny.
[Bowing her head.] Ask not of him. Yesterday he bore Thorolf’s body to the ships; now he is raising a grave-mound on the shore;—there shall his sons be laid.
[Gunnar goes out by the back in silence.
Dagny.
Until evening there is no danger. [Coming nearer.] Hiördis, I have another errand in thy house; it is to thee I come.
Hiördis.